Valuable Lessons - May 2

1. If it is meant to be it will work itself out – Kyle and I had our ups and downs especially after we broke up for our college years but something inside me always made me believe the issues would eventually work themselves out and did they ever!

2. Stand up for yourself – There will always be cruel, mean people in this world who talk about you behind your back because they want to hurt you but what I learned in high school was that if you approach that person and confront them about their behavior it tends to stop the talking behind your back, at least temporarily.

3. Don’t make your life decisions based on someone else – It is not fair to you to make a life changing decision with someone else in mind. When making these types of decisions it is best to be selfish and make it for yourself and no one else.

4. Bridges are the first thing to ice when it rains and gets below freezing – I learned the hard pway to never trust my 4 wheel drive car to handle the ice for me when I hit a patch of black ice on a bridge one night, rolling my Montero and totaling it just before Christmas break and finals in college.

5. Always say “I love you” and “Goodbye” – You never know when someone will no longer be a part of your life so always leave letting them know exactly how you feel about them.

6. Try extra hard in high school and college will be a breeze – I worked my butt off in High School to make good grades and I was involved in everything and even held a part-time job I feel that because of this I was able to work easily through college because I was so used to working hard all the time, life just got simpler in college and I got to choose everything I wanted to do.

7. Get away from your hometown – This lesson includes getting away from the people and friends that you hang out with in your hometown. Go away for a while and experience things on your own. You will learn a lot about yourself and be a better person for it in the end even if you do decide to come back to your hometown.

8. Establish priorities early – I decided my sophomore year that sports weren’t for me, I was never going to play college ball but I was going to college so I decided to focus on the things that would help me achieve that goal and win scholarships, make a list of your priorities in life and goals you want to achieve because it will help you stay on track even when decisions are tough.

9. A good friend is someone who looks out for your best interest – True friends will be with you through all the good and the bad, they won’t leave you hanging when the going gets tough or make you do things that will get you into trouble, stop fooling yourself about these kinds of people and get real friends, people that will look out for you.

10. Always do things right the first time – Don’t waste time in your life messing things up on purpose or doing things halfway, always work hard to do your best at everything and complete it correctly the first time so you don’t have to go back and fix it later.