This I know for Sure

• That a broken heart hurts more than any broken bone (and I've had many), and that there's no way to expedite the healing process...only time
• Sometimes it's not what you say, but how you say it that matters more
• If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything
• That the truth really does hurt
• The most important relationship you have is the one you have with yourself
• There's a very fine line between happiness and comfort, and it's not always easy to tell when you've crossed it
• That if you see someone everyday, it's worth knowing their name; people like it when you address them by their name, even if it just your coffee guy
• That it's okay to admit when you're in too deep and need help
• That settling for anything less than what you deserve gets you nowhere but hurt, and that everyone deserves to be happy
• That having a few really great close friends is better than having 15 average ones
• That exercise is the cure-all for a really bad day, week or month
• That running is far cheaper than therapy


This I don't:
• How to wait for things to pan out on their own, how to earn things, how to be patient
• How to laugh at myself
• How to not take criticism personally, especially constructive criticism
• That not everything is a race I have to win, and that it's not always about your finishing time
• How not to place blame when something goes wrong
• That sometimes it really is just about the journey
• Why nice guys usually do finish last and the bitch always gets the promotion
• Office politics, the 'situation' in Iraq, the crisis in Sudan, Global Warming
• How to truly forgive and forget (it's the forgetting part that needs work)
• How to truly and honestly be okay with being alone
• How to accept that my life may not turn out as I had previously planned