{"id":8217,"date":"2014-01-21T15:24:55","date_gmt":"2014-01-21T20:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=8217"},"modified":"2014-01-31T11:41:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-31T16:41:04","slug":"ive-learned","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=8217","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ve Learned"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\n\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: small;\">That life is like a roll of toilet paper. The closer it gets to the end, the faster it goes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat we should be glad God doesn&#8217;t give us everything we ask for.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat money doesn&#8217;t buy class.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;<br \/>\nThat under everyone&#8217;s hard shell is someone who wants to be appreciated and loved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat the Lord didn&#8217;t do it all in one day. What makes me think I can?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat to ignore the facts does not change the facts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat love, not time, heals all wounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat the easiest way for me to grow as a person is to surround myself with people smarter than I am.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat there&#8217;s nothing sweeter than sleeping with your babies and feeling their breath on your cheeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat life is tough, but I&#8217;m tougher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat opportunities are never lost; someone will take the ones you miss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat I wish I could have told my Dad that I love him one more time before he passed away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat one should keep his words both soft and tender, because tomorrow he may have to eat them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat a smile is an inexpensive way to improve your looks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat I can&#8217;t choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat when your newly born child holds your little finger in his little fist, that you&#8217;re hooked for life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you&#8217;re climbing it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned &#8230;<br \/>\nThat it is best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it is requested and when it is a life threatening situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat the less time I have to work with, the more things I get done.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small;\">I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;.<br \/>\nThat it&#8217;s those small daily happenings that make life so spectacular.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a title=\"Spirituality, Inspiration, Tranformation &amp; Kindness\" href=\"https:\/\/hookedonraw.com\/?page_id=4936\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Back to \u00a0Spirituality, Inspiration, Transformation &amp; Kindness<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>< I&#8217;ve learned&#8230;. 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