Top 30 of things

                                              My top 30 things I have learned the hard way.

1.  No matter how bad it is, it can always get worse.
2. Never, ever wish for time to speed up because once it gets rolling it wont stop.
3. Money can buy you happiness, it just depends on how you use it.
4. People come and go in your life but you are stuck with you forever. Get used to it.
5. Hate is a strong word and should be reserved for dictators, pedophiles and the Fred Phelps Klan.
6. Never laugh or make fun of someone’s awkwardness because someone else is laughing at yours.
7. A cliché is just a fact that everyone knows. Dont discount it.
8. No one knows everything.
9. You will find a large sum of people who mistakenly think they are exempt from Rule #8.
10. Never lick a public elevator, you will get strep.
11. There is no such thing as “luck”.
12. No matter how good you are at something, there is always someone better.
13. Nothing that happens is high school is permanent but can leave permanent scars.
14. Ask. The worst thing they can do is point and laugh.
15. Remember the past as a lesson, prepare for the future as a battle but actively live for right now.
16. It doesn’t matter one whit what someone else thinks of you, just as long as you like you.
17. Pain is your body’s way of saying something is wrong. Do not ignore your body.
18. Love is just a word. Easier to say then it is to do.
19. A man who says he fears nothing is a fool.
20. Putting a label on something works great for anything but people.
21. Everyone lies.
22. No one has your best interests at heart above their own.
23. You can love friends more than family but your family loves you more than anyone else.
24. It hurts to fail but you don’t learn anything by doing it right all the time.
25. The future is a really scary place no matter who you are.
26. A person’s opinion means more to them than yours does.
27. Someone else’s opinion should never supersede your own.
28. Life is hard, dying is easy.
29. Life is rarely, if ever, fair.
30. Life does not come to you, you have to go to it.