What important lesson have you learned from life???

India
September 5, 2011 3:52am CST
There are many things that I have learned from my life. I went through many critical situations where I could not think what to do. Honestly, I learned now how to deal in such decisions & also face it head to head, & most important, never run from your problems. Did you have the same experiance & how do you feel about it now???
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@webcodez (172)
• Netherlands
5 Sep 11
For me that would be a few things: 1. Do not just trust anyone, there are good people but also real bad people in the world that will do anything just for themselves, careless of the others. 2. Be friendly and people will be friendly to you in most cases. Threat people who threat you with respect back with respect. 3. People always say or do something for a reason. They usually don't just say something, they usually say something with an underlaying reason/meaning.
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@kry893 (222)
• Canada
5 Sep 11
I have learnt alot of lessons in life and I believe I will still be learning for as long as I live. But with those lessons, we can always learn not to repeat them again if necessary. Sometimes it's hard because we didn't see bad things heading toward our ways. One thing I learnt is that friends can be user. You see, a few years back, I had a friend who contacted me because she needed a job and asked if there was an opening in my place. Because she was a friend, I'd help and found out there was indeed a position and then recommended her to my boss. Now, she got the job and we worked together and she was new, so she told me she would like for me to guide her so that she would be able to cope up with and so on. I did but later on, I switched jobs. She was being so nice and all and one day we didn't keep in touch. So, I rang her up and she didn't seem keen to talk to me. She was still working where I had introduced her to then and she'd boast and acted selfish toward me. It was like, she didn't need me anymore after having secured a job.
@singuri (571)
• India
5 Sep 11
Learning is a continuous process. I am learning everyday some thing. I used to be too impatient. I realised how my anger is causing trouble to other people . So i am trying to control my anger. I also learnt not to take decisions in haste. Taking time in making decisions is an important step.. Making fun of other people some times hurts them , even though it is for fun. I learnt some other things in my life which helped me to grow as a person.
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@QeeGood (1213)
• Sweden
5 Sep 11
I've learnt after being a worn out burnt out human being,that I should have said "No" and not have done it all I've for others. I 've learnt that having a healthy body is A O to be able to live. I've learnt to listen to my own intuition, when people are not fair and honest trying to use my good hearted loyalty. I've learnt to solve my problems they're like your own shadow until you've solved them. I've learnt to laugh every day. I've learnt that you can discipline your own thoughts, make your choice what to think of.
@pbbbsra (1214)
• Philippines
5 Sep 11
I always think that in life, we are all students. And in the school of life we don't graduate. Everyday is a new lesson and the lessons just won't stop from coming. I too have learned a lot about life and one of the most important lesson I have learned the painful way is about trust. We should not trust people just because we love them. We may never know who our enemies are. The best way to avoid this is to trust only people who are worth it.
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@Judy890 (1644)
• United States
5 Sep 11
I was in a relationship were I was with my ex i now see it as a I infatuate because I thought I loved him, he ended up hurting me, he was still involved with his gf but he was saying that him and the girl were just friends. I forgave him because the girl told me some lies so I believed him. After our relationship ended I found out he slept with another women while we were dating and he started dating someone else before we broke up. I blame myself for all of this because I kept begging him when he didn't want a relationship in the beginning I should have just moved on. I learned that if someone doesn't want to be with you move on and dont force them or you'll get hurt.
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• United States
7 Sep 11
I have learned that I do have worth. I can speak my mind and be heard. and thast having feelings is normal , not evil!
@derek_a (10874)
9 Sep 11
As a Zen practioner, I believe that the lessons to be learned are very deep and very difficult to explain. The lessons I get come from my meditation practices... On this planet we get the feeling that we are separate and through this feeling, we feel in competition with others. Competition creates more separation from who we really are. In Zen we reach out to experience that we are one will all there is, but there are many problems (karma) that we have to work through. This is not done in the head, but in the experience that is beyond the capabilities of the mind. In Zen, this is called "no-mind". From here we learn that as we are one, when we show others compassion, we also show it to our true Self, and when we judge, we judge our Self. When we hurt, we hurt our Self. When we forgive, we forgive our Self. We can only do this by taking responsibility and as you rightly say, running away is not the answer. _Derek
@antilove (191)
• Vietnam
5 Sep 11
Hi there, I learnt a very precious lesson 3 or 4 years ago. At that time, I easily believed in others that I have to paid a high price. A friend of mine (not a close friend) needed money for his business (I was not sure what he was doing?). He asked me a amount of money that equal to my 3 month salary. Of course I did not have that much to lend him. But because I wanted to help him in his business, I borrowed money from the other friend of mine, who is also very helpful. Time goes by... I got no information from the one to whom I lend money. Calling - no answers :(. Then, I was asked repeatedly to pay back the money I had borrowed. So poor me! I get stuck and finally have to pay back by MY money! OOps! I'll never help anyone by borrowing money for him!!!
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@lazybug (273)
• Philippines
5 Sep 11
The most important lesson I have learned in life is that in every obstacle/challenges we face lies a blessing. I learned this in the most hurtful way I did not imagine but looking back now I merely see it as a growing up experience; growing up in the sense that I see relationships in a different way; these relationships are with my family, friends or with God. During those hurtful days I dwell on a loss of a friend (figuratively) however I am thankful that it happened for it made my relationship with my family and with Jesus stronger. I loss a friend yet I gained a best friend thru Jesus. I hope I made sense to you.
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@varier (5685)
• Indonesia
5 Sep 11
What important lesson that I learn from my life? Well, a lot of things happened - good things, bad things. A lot of troubles happened, whether it comes from outside, or it comes from myself. Really, I have learnt a lot of lessons for 19 years of my life! I learnt how to act, how to react in much situation. I learnt a lot of things about manner and life value. I learnt it through smiling, crying - via a sweet condition or bitter condition. Hey, I guess I can't say it in detail. It is really too much!
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@hafiz008 (450)
• India
5 Sep 11
Yes I have learned many things from my life. The bad things that I usually run from problem which had adversely effect my family life. I wish If I have handled that situation it would be nice today.I have heard many advice from my family members and relatives to give me strength but they are the number one cheater that I have learned. Today I never trust my relatives, they are running behind the one all need " money". Today I learned to stand in my own foot and took my decision and happy about it and I have more to do. I will do with Gods grace
@fantabulus (4000)
• India
7 Sep 11
I learned important lesson in my life that spending time with our family is must otherwise our family members any daughter, husband can go in wrong way...
@Bluedoll (16774)
• Canada
7 Sep 11
I have learned that I am not that smart. In making my own decisions I've made some mistakes and although, mistakes have thought me much about life, I know now that there are others in the world that have experienced the same things I am going through at that particular moment, I am not alone and they might have the answers I am looking for.
@sql_cell (1427)
• Indonesia
7 Sep 11
Learning from our own lives, is something very good. We must learn from our own lives. By studying our own lives, we should be able to distinguish, where good and bad. Which ones should we develop, and which ones should we leave behind. We must also learn from the mistakes we have done, so we do not repeat the same mistake again.
@globaldoc (858)
• Philippines
6 Sep 11
There are quite a number of things I got to learn in my life. I learned the values of respect, honor, dignity, and even sacrifice. I learned respect. But most of all, I believe I am here to learn to love God. After which, my mission would have been complete when I fulfill all my responsibilities in the chain of life.
• United States
6 Sep 11
Hi! Yes I have dealt with many an issue that I didn't think I'd have the courage to face and yet somehow, I just did. Why? Sometimes I did it for myself and other times I did it for my kids knowing that I would be setting a good example for them. In hindsight, I wish that some events did not occur in my life the way that they did but I'm glad they did as they made me stronger as a person. You just see things in a different light than you would have had you not experienced what you did. Did you find this to be the case with you?
@Rosa26 (2618)
• United States
6 Sep 11
I learned not to believe deeply on the people, we are sinners and sometimes we do things that can hurt the others. So after learning by a very bad experience I don't a lot in the people.
• Mexico
7 Sep 11
I have learnt a lot of stuff in the short time I have been around this world. I have learn no to take life so seriously, because whenever it all seems to be perfect, flawless and dreamish there's something that makes it imperfect, the thing is that you have to learn how to deal with those things, and make those flaws part of the whole thing, so you don't regard them as bad things anymore. It's something really hard to achieve, but it helps you being happy always, no matter how things come.
@edbuex (169)
• Uganda
6 Sep 11
feel calm in problems, and ever to expect a problem bigger than what am in is part of what i have learned from my life guess what i don't think there is any thing like a problem on this earth!!!!i call them tests to prove how much a man am i so what about you my dear sister,mom,dad,brother...okay let me keep the grammar standing i will call "problems" another name to explain big tasks as well thank you..