Jan 04, 2010 09:02
1. You reap what you sow, positive and negative. You can put whatever coloring you want on it and call it "karma" or "The Three-Fold Rule" but the end result is the same.
2. You only harvest what you put in. Also called, "Garbage In, Garbage Out."
3. There is a time and a place to assign sole blame to yourself. However, you bear at least partial responsibility. This also means you are your own worst enemy.
4. Your friends, your true friends, are always right. Always. Whether you want to hear it or not. Anyone who has your best interests at heart will never lie to you (or about you)and if they do, kick them to the curb.
5. Chick Flicks, romance novels and things like Romeo and Juliet are fiction and if you base your understanding or expections of love, romance and/or friendship on them, you are doomed to disappointment.
6. Always remember the definition of insanity: doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.
It seems really cynical of me, and this is not geared to any one person. These are lessons that many around me seem to need repeated. I feel like I'm beating my head against the wall when my friends come to me rending and wailing, only to keep coming back.
Any way, Happy New Year, happy new decade. Let's try to keep our heads on straight, shall we?