What should you have known?

I found out that you should live to forgive and to forget,

and to have ne regrets,

and that today will bring a better day than yesterday. <}:-})

When you put money down to buy a home, remember

It's the "interest" that gets paid off first, so when you go

to get that "Home Equity Loan" to fix up your home,

you "DO NOT' have any equity in your home. <}:-{(

Love is mutual. There Is no "I" in the word love. ♥♥

Success is a "balance" between work and family,

if you lose one, you may lose the other. <}:-})

Don't go around saying the word owes you a living.

It was here first. <}:-{(

Grant me the serenity to accept the things I can not change,

The courage to change the things that I can,

and the wisdom to know the difference. <}:-})

I should have known that health is nothing to take for granted and one should always be mindful of eating habits, exercise, getting enough sleep and drinking plenty of water. I'd give anything for a "do over" on all this because boy am I paying for it now at the ripe young age of 42!!! Don't smoke, drink occasionally and very much in moderation, eat healthy and watch those damn carbs, take care of your reproductive parts, and most of all relish the fact that you can run, walk, bike, dance etc. because it's awful when you can't do these things for fear of serious health matters arising.

I learned I should have stayed in school and pursued a career instead of worrying about love/relationships. I became a wife and mother way too young which crippled any dreams I may have had. Now that my children are grown I am pursuing a career- but at my age it is almost too late. Good luck to you, stay in school and go after your dreams. One more thing- please don't smoke- a smoker must eventually quit or die trying

1. Listen to everyone but use your own judgment. There are too many 'moral' principles thrown at us everyday, many of them conflicting common sense and each other.

2. Trust yourself and don't be afraid of making mistakes, they are the best teacher.

3. Don't let anyone tell you want you should want. Only you can decide what will make you happy

4. Take responsibility for your own actions and be willing to accept their consequences

5. Don't feel guilty to be selfish and look after your own interests. It is your life and you are responsible for taking care of yourself first

Hope that helps!

If I had known what is coming in life later when I was 21, I would have then and there gone to the Himalayas and started meditating renouncing the world.

dude, so much. mostly i just think someone should have explained that it's my life and i shouldn't have lived any single piece of it trying to please all the other people in my life. i should have just been doing what made me happy all along and said screw what you want me to do, i'm not doing it. my life, my choice. as long as i'm happy and not hurting anyone, what's the harm? but no one explained this and thus i spent a lot of years trying to please everyone else in my life until i was finally forced to get a clue and realize i may have been looking out for everyone else but no one was looking out for me.