There are so many of these things circulating around facebook these days. Some are funny, others too funny bordering on offensive, others, just plain offensive, and then there are some who are poignant, encouraging and heart-wrenching. This one I grabbed from one of those pages and I truly loved it.

They are truths and they somehow, are comforting. You know there are kinds of truth that are brash and are just painful? Then there are those that hurt just because it was told in a way to hurt. But these, they are soothing and even forgiving, in a way.

All seven brought a smile to my face and I find myself nodding and agreeing with every one of them. That’s why I decided to “keep” a copy for myself. Just in case I’d feel so low someday that I find myself being the worst judge of me, the unforgiving critic of my every mistake. I hope to find comfort in these.

♥ It is nice to be reminded that the past is done with and should not cast such tall shadows on our present and future.

♥ Those pesky sanity eaters we call gossip too often a time just ruins things for us. While we may find it offensive and even stake it as grounds for breaking friendship, sometimes, we just need to back away and let things be. We cannot control how others think about us as much as they cannot control what we think about them. Live and let live.

♥ Disappointments and heart breaks are nasty stuffs. It can lead some of us into depression and even isolation, thinking we’re all alone in our battles and that ours are just the most difficult so we push everyone away. And we want to get over them. The soonest. But who doesn’t right? But there’s always lessons to be learned in everything. And it’s my experience that the most painful of experiences teaches the most valuable lessons and  that they are likely the ones that are hard to forget. So let’s let time do its job and let’s concentrate on our jobs as well. Learn.

♥ You cannot give what you do not have. You have to find yourself first and be whole in your own before you can give yourself to complete others. The same goes for other people. Don’t get fooled into thinking that the broken down can patch you up. You complete yourself. Don’t go into a relationship bringing your broken and messed up self into the table and expect to be magically made whole. Healing is a business done in your own time and by your own self. It matters not if you’re alone or with someone. If you’re broken, you are broken. Don’t corrupt others by throwing your mess at them. They have their own wounds to lick, too. Don’t be selfish.

 ♥ Unless you’ve walked a mile and more in another person’s shoes, you have no idea what’s his/her life is like. Unless you’ve felt every pain, shed every tears, battled through every storms, ached with every brokenness, died with every death of the soul, you know nothing. That’s why it’s important to be kind.

♥ It’s useless to waste precious time being bothered over something you cannot do anything about. We’re not meant to know everything. Have patience. Everything comes to those who wait, and answers, too.

♥ Be grateful for everything that you have. Even for the air we take so seriously for granted.  Cherish everything, strive for whatever is lacking but don’t forget to enjoy. I believe we’re meant to take things step by step, one day at a time. Leave tomorrow’s burdens for tomorrow. Everything has its own due time. Your only stake is today. Enjoy if for the present that it is.