1. What Robert Frost said some time ago is indeed true. Three words sum up the one thing I know to be true about life. Through all of the heartache, loss, tragedy, happiness, surprises, wrong turns, new beginnings, and absolutely unthinkable...
It Goes On.
2. Creating a schedule for your week or even your day creates less stress.
3. If you are nothing in life, be honest, but not brutal. It has to hurt if it's to heal.
4. I understand, with a heavy, heavy heart, that people do not
change. Who they are at the core, who they are when no one is looking, is
exactly who they are.
5. I am in no way am responsible for the type of
person someone may be. It is not my job to change anyone. It is my job to pray
that they understand who they are, what their actions say about them, and how
that is showcased to the world.
6. I understand that it is not my fault if people won’t change,
or can’t change.
7. I understand that I am not responsible for anyone’s actions
other than my own. I can only choose how to react, how to respond, and how to
rise above.
8. I understand that good people do bad things. I understand
that bad people do good things. I understand that selfish people can be good,
but selfish. I understand that good people can be selfish, too.
9. Getting older doesn't mean growing up. It should, but it doesn't.
10. I will never drink as much as I did on my 21st birthday.
11. There is pretty much no way to avoid plastic
12. Fruit is a simple carb. It gives you quick, fast energy.
13. Flouride is...not good for you, and yet we ingest in daily through water.
14. Random roommates SUCK.
15. McAllister's has an amazing southwest cobb salad.
16. Bar food actually isn't bad.
17. The beach is amazing.
18. Feminine products have chemicals in them...how do you think this affects your body?
19. I am becoming someone really great.
20. Baby carrots aren't good for you. It's left over pieces of other carrots mashed together and bleached.
21. Romaine lettuce is a thousand times better than ice berg.
22. Oil is to a car as blood is to the body.
23. You need to let your car heat up for 10-15 minutes in the winter.
24. I have a shopping problem.
25. Forever is not an infinite limit. It is very much finite. Forever simply means we can not, and do not want to see an end, and so we count each second we share
26. I learned how to add oil to my car.
27. 40% of Olive Oil sold in the United States is not pure. You want to buy Olive Oil that says "made in Italy" and smells briny.
28. Carmelized onions aren't bad.
29. I love Feta cheese.
30. Rom Coms are awesome.
31. Chewing on popcorn kernels can crack your teeth.
32. Very few kids drinks are actually healthy.
33. In order to keep this list condensed, I learned a plethora of information regarding natural birth : positions, the purple line, the c-section rate in the U.S, the international breast feeding average age is 3...just a few :)
34. Girls can be really gross nasty.
35. Call work if you are going to be late.
36. Sometimes all you need is prayer
37. The path to God is different for everyone.
38. The opinion of sheep does not matter...especially given the track record of said sheep ;)
39. Distance has adverse affects.
40. Group projects are stupid...but sometimes you meet really great people!
41. Expect the unexpected.
42. Good TV shows end no matter the fanbase.
43. You won't know if you like it until you try it.
44. Being a waitress is hard, demanding work, both physically and emotionally.
2013 has been, without a doubt, my growing year. 2012 was about
learning, and in 2013 I really applied all that I learned to my life.
2013 is also going to be remembered as the year of complete surprise.
Everything I thought would never happen, did, and it did get tough at
times to remain graceful and compassionate but one deep breath at a time
helped.
I am not going to recap the year or the
situations, because other people's own strings of life are entwined with
mine, and if I have learned anything, it is that some things simply
aren't my place to broadcast. Some things are best kept private, out of
respect for others and emotions involved, and that's that :)
What lessons did you learn this past year?
