THIRTY-FOUR LIFE LESSONS

It was my 34th birthday yesterday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY to ME!  As I look back at how fast time passes, I am surprised at how much can change in a matter of a year. I think we go through cycles of change, when the complete unanticipated tosses you off your stability, giving you the opportunity to reassess and make things right. This past year was one of those cycles for me and slowly but surely the pieces that were thrown up in the air are falling into place.

At a time of reflection, I’d like to share with you some of the things I have learned.

1. Everyday should be a celebration of your life.
2. Always be willing to admit that you don't have all the answers.
3. Endings are just new beginnings in disguise. You may be uncomfortable with the uncertainty, but some of the best things in life are born from those times of being open to new opportunities.
4. I know now when to distance myself.
5. Learn to be patient.
6. It really is never too late to be what you might have been.
7. Once you feel you are avoided by someone, never disturb them again.
8. You will have your heart broken, and you will survive.
9. People you love will hurt you and disappoint you. Try to look beyond their mistakes and understand their intentions. Sometimes a friendship just needs time to breathe before it can flow again. And that’s okay, too.
10. Learn to forgive.
11. Love should never be complicated, but it is.
12. Be selective of who you share your heart and body with.
13. Take care of your body.
14. Procrastination can sometimes be disastrous.
15. Make that move you've been waiting to make. There's no need to be timid. If it's meant to be, it'll happen. If not, you saved yourself time.
16. When it doesn’t work out with someone in the present, it’s because it’s meant to work out with someone else in the future.
17. There are moments in life, when the heart is so full of emotion That if by chance it be shaken, or into its depths like a pebble drops some careless word, it overflows, and its secret, split on the ground like water, can never be gathered together.
18. Learn to make peace with uncomfortable feelings.
19. It takes so much inner strength and courage to make a decision to let somebody go, to set them free. I think it's one of the hardest things to do in life.
20. It's okay to make mistakes but learn from it.
21. A little bit of fun is okay. Try not to take life too seriously. Live your life. Laugh often. 
22. If you work hard mainly to impress people, you will hardly find happiness from it. Work for yourself. Impress yourself. All is about you.
23. If you have the power to make someone happy- do it. The world needs more of that.
24. Money can’t buy happiness but Experience does.
25. It’s okay not to be okay.
26. Best conversations you will ever have, are the one without boundaries.
27. You don’t take communication for granted.
28. I’m better off without Facebook and Instagram.
29. Less TV, more books.
30. Never, ever stop learning.
31. Love yourself more.
32. Appreciate yourself more.
33. Look for beauty in everything.
34. Let God be the center of your life.