Learning from life in general

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I thought about putting this under Life but then I decided to put this topic under Me because it really does deals with me. I'm learning so much about myself and how I react to situations, and trying to be as self-aware as I possibly can, and learning about life in general, like social skills, mini-culture (I mean I'm Canadian, but going from a Christian Pentecostal church to a Messianic Jewish synagogue there's a cultural difference), and dealing with my emotions, even learning what triggers various feelings. I have recently gone through a bunch of changes that initially shocked me and hurt me but different situations made me look hard at myself. For example, a Christian couple has blocked me because I posted some really harsh stuff on Facebook like drinking vs tee-totalism that sort of thing and really people don't want to hear about religous arguments, so I've tamed myself down and tried to respect everyone on my facebook. I've since gotten along better since that incident. I know we can'[t please everyone but there are times and places for different things like in the third chapter of Ecclesiasics which basically says there's different seasons for everything. Makes you really think long and hard. I'm also learning that we go through different seasons in our lives, like very hard times, and a few years ago I would've whined and complained to everyone that I know but while I admit I do a little bit of that, I'm able to breathe deep and look at what Life is teaching me. And more often than not, I'm learning some pretty valuable lessons, and various character traits are being honed and pruned. Just like our Messiah Yeshua (our precious Lord Jesus) calls us branches and how the gardener prunes the branches and while it may hurt a bit at first, the branches will grow back stronger and fruitful. Pretty heavy I know but well, that's what I'm noticing in my life. Thanks for reading, I just really wanted to talk about this, and hope it'll bless you readers.