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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Nobody: 12:51pm On Jul 18, 2014
whoawa: mark my words, if continue in this ur way, u will die very soon!
why is that so? angry
Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Nobody: 12:59pm On Jul 18, 2014
Kayworld26: cheesy cheesy I feel you bro,unfortunately one cant help it...like the other guy said,we pray it(death) comes at old age.
And who want to get old? Say...when I get to 35yrs or so I will be like that forevercheesy. It's silly...man with all his brain and endowement has but a short life to live... cry
Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Coldfeet(f): 1:00pm On Jul 18, 2014
yuzjet:

4. SOME KIND OF FAILURE ALWAYS OCCURS BEFORE SUCCESS.
Most mistakes are unavoidable. Learn to forgive yourself. It’s not a problem to make them. It’s only a problem if you never learn from them. If you’re too afraid of failure, you can’t possibly do what needs to be done to be successful. The solution to this problem is making friends with failure. You want to
know the difference between a master and a beginner?

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried. Behind every great piece of art is a thousand failed attempts to make it, but these attempts are simply never shown to us.

Bottom line: Just because it’s not happening now, doesn’t mean it never will. Sometimes things have to go very wrong before they can be right.
This number four summarizes my entire life to a great extent! Indeed failures must come before success. Patience and perseverance has kept me thus far.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Otunbakay(m): 1:00pm On Jul 18, 2014
yuzjet: “The truth does not cease to exist when it is ignored.”. You know how you can hear something a hundred times in a hundred different ways before it finally gets through
to you? The ten truths listed below fall firmly into that category – life lessons that many of us likely learned years ago, and have been reminded of ever since, but for whatever reason, haven’t fully grasped.

This, my friends, is my attempt at helping all of us, myself included, “get it” and “remember it” once and for all…

1. THE AVERAGE HUMAN LIFE IS RELATIVELY SHORT.
We know deep down that life is short, and that death will happen to all of us eventually, and yet we are infinitely surprised when it happens to someone we know. It’s like walking up a flight of stairs with a distracted mind, and misjudging the final step. You
expected there to be one more stair than there is, and so you find yourself off balance for a moment, before your mind shifts back to the present moment and how the world really is.

LIVE your life TODAY! Don’t ignore death, but don’t be afraid of it either. Be afraid of a life you never lived because you were too afraid to take action. Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside you while you’re still alive. Be bold. Be
courageous. Be scared to death, and then take the next step anyway.

2. YOU WILL ONLY EVER LIVE THE LIFE YOU CREATE FOR YOURSELF.
Your life is yours alone. Others can try to persuade you, but they can’t decide for you. They can walk with you, but not in your shoes. So make sure the path you decide to walk aligns with your own intuition and
desires, and don’t be scared to switch paths or pave a new one when it makes sense.
Remember, it’s always better to be at the bottom of the ladder you want to climb than the top of the one you don’t. Be productive and patient. And realize that patience is not about waiting, but the ability to keep a
good attitude while working hard for what you believe in. This is your life, and it is made up entirely of your choices. May your actions speak louder than your words. May your life preach louder than your lips. May your success be your noise in the end. And if life only teaches you one thing, let it be that
taking a passionate leap is always worth it. Even if you have no idea where you’re going to land, be brave enough to step up to the edge of the unknown, and listen to your heart.
I themed this...HEALLING THE WORLD!

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by vislabraye(m): 1:00pm On Jul 18, 2014
Nobleval: abeg leave me jor cry I don't wanna die.. Period.
. I have an immortality pill you can take. PM me.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Otunbakay(m): 1:07pm On Jul 18, 2014
yuzjet: 3. BEING BUSY DOES NOT MEAN BEING
PRODUCTIVE.

Busyness isn’t a virtue, nor is it something to respect. Though we all have seasons of crazy schedules, very few of us have a legitimate need to be busy ALL the time. We simply don’t know how to live within our means,
prioritize properly, and say no when we should. Being busy rarely equates to productivity these days. Just take a quick look around. Busy people outnumber productive people by a wide margin. Busy people are
rushing all over the place, and running late half of the time. They’re heading to work, conferences, meetings, social engagements, etc. They barely have enough free
time for family get-togethers and they rarely get enough sleep. Yet, emails are shooting out of their smart phones like machine gun bullets, and their day planners are jammed to the brim with obligations. Their busy schedule gives them an elevated sense of
importance. But it’s all an illusion. They’re like hamsters running on a wheel.

Though being busy can make us feel more alive than anything else for a moment, the sensation is not sustainable long term. We will inevitably, whether tomorrow or on our deathbed, come to wish that we spent less time in the buzz of busyness and more time
actually living a purposeful life.

4. SOME KIND OF FAILURE ALWAYS OCCURS BEFORE SUCCESS.
Most mistakes are unavoidable. Learn to forgive yourself. It’s not a problem to make them. It’s only a problem if you never learn from them. If you’re too afraid of failure, you can’t possibly do what needs to be done to be successful. The solution to this problem is making friends with failure. You want to
know the difference between a master and a beginner?

The master has failed more times than the beginner has even tried. Behind every great piece of art is a thousand failed attempts to make it, but these attempts are simply never shown to us.

Bottom line: Just because it’s not happening now, doesn’t mean it never will. Sometimes things have to go very wrong before they can be right.
We can all live our dream life only and only if we pay attention to details...we can all be whatever we plan and work hard enough to be

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Swash042(m): 1:07pm On Jul 18, 2014
true facts of life!.....tnks OP.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Nobody: 1:10pm On Jul 18, 2014
vislabraye: . I have an immortality pill you can take. PM me.
Are you serious?
Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by winner95(m): 1:12pm On Jul 18, 2014
What a beautiful write-up...

Thumbs up: OP. smiley

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by macsika: 1:12pm On Jul 18, 2014
After reading and re-reading this. I couldn't help the fact that i'm so happy right now. Most of what was written, really touched my Aortic valve. Thanks Original Poster.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Otunbakay(m): 1:19pm On Jul 18, 2014
yuzjet: 9. WHAT YOU OWN IS NOT WHO YOU ARE.
Stuff really is just stuff, and it has absolutely no bearing on who you are as a person. Most of us can make do with much less than we think we need. That’s a valuable reminder, especially in a hugely consumer-driven
culture that focuses more on material things than meaningful connections and experiences.
You have to create your own culture. Don’t watch TV, don’t read every fashion magazine, and don’t consume too much of the evening news. Find the strength to fill your time with meaningful experiences. The space and time you are occupying at this very moment is LIFE, and if you’re worrying about Kim Kardashian or Lebron James or some other famous face, then you are disempowered. You’re giving your life away to marketing
and media trickery, which is created by big companies to ultimately motivate you to want to dress a certain way, look a certain way, and be a certain way. This is tragic, this kind of thinking. It’s all just Hollywood brainwashing. What is real is YOU and your friends and your family, your loves, your highs, your hopes, your plans, your fears, etc.
Too often we’re told that we’re not important, we’re just peripheral to what is. “Get a degree, get a job, get a car, get a house, and keep on getting.” And it’s sad, because someday you’ll wake up and realize you’ve been tricked. And all you’ll want then is to reclaim your mind by getting it out of the hands of the brainwashers who want to turn you into a drone that buys everything that
isn’t needed to impress everyone that isn’t important.

10. EVERYTHING CHANGES, EVERY SECOND.
Embrace change and realize it happens for a reason. It won’t always be obvious at first, but in the end it will be worth it. What you have today may become what you had by
tomorrow. You never know. Things change, often spontaneously. People and circumstances come and go. Life doesn’t stop for anybody. It moves rapidly and
rushes from calm to chaos in a matter of seconds, and happens like this to people every day. It’s likely happening to someone nearby right now.

Sometimes the shortest split second in time changes the direction of our lives. A seemingly innocuous decision rattles our whole world like a meteorite striking Earth.
Entire lives have been swiveled and flipped upside down, for better or worse, on the strength of an unpredictable event. And these events are always happening.

However good or bad a situation is now, it will change. That’s the one thing you can count on. So when life is good, enjoy it. Don’t go looking for something better every second. Happiness never comes to those who don’t appreciate what they have while they have it.[/b]
Contentment in life bring peace and fulfilment
Contentment is GREAT GAIN!

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by halfcaste1: 1:22pm On Jul 18, 2014
Nobleval: No 1 is the bomb. Others are nonsense. I hate death! I'm scared of death. Death is my nightmare! I wish I will not die...God you made a mistake when you allowed man to be dying.
. E b lyk say sumtin dey wory u. God did nt make a msitake and God doesn't make mistakes. Man chose 2 die. He told Adam nt 2 eat dt fruit else he dies (spiritually and physically) bt Adam chose death. Hence, man started dying. So if u wan fight person, go luk 4 Adam fight am. Na d guy stat death. And pls, stp being afraid of death. Wat u fear most coms 2u. Try 2 com 2 terms wit it and it won't hunt u. Wetin dey dis world sef wey person wan stay 4eva? E go tire person eventually.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by onimcee1(m): 1:23pm On Jul 18, 2014
Nice one. Tnx

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Darteyyyy(m): 1:35pm On Jul 18, 2014
OMG!!!!!! This is like the most make sense write up ever. God bless you.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by 2nex(m): 1:44pm On Jul 18, 2014
...nice Op realy gt me tnkn n am stil tnkn...hrt touchn n inspiratnal..GOd bles u..4sharn ds wt us..uv realy touchd many lifes wt ds..

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by maajin007(m): 1:44pm On Jul 18, 2014
This is a very good write up.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by yuzjet(m): 2:07pm On Jul 18, 2014
bigfrancis21: Where's number 8? undecided undecided

Kindly recheck, it has been added. Thanks for being very observant!

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Rick9(m): 2:41pm On Jul 18, 2014
1,000,000 Likes
a very interesting topic.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Panshow(m): 3:05pm On Jul 18, 2014
I've not read such a great post for a very long time.
My heart beats as I read as if OP is talking to me directly.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Nobody: 3:10pm On Jul 18, 2014
Nobleval: And who want to get old? Say...when I get to 35yrs or so I will be like that forevercheesy. It's silly...man with all his brain and endowement has but a short life to live... cry
Yea, painful truth indeed...one should just learn to live right and make good use of your "short" time on earth. smiley
Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by yuzjet(m): 3:15pm On Jul 18, 2014
Kayworld26: Yea, painful truth indeed...one should just learn to live right and make good use of your "short" time on earth. smiley

That's just it.
Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by p2t2r(m): 3:28pm On Jul 18, 2014
It is indeed true that almost everybody who read this post must have been inspired even myself. But let us not forget that the human mind needs inspiration everyday just like we take our baths everyday in other to be productive. #justsayingthou.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by sandiyke(f): 3:30pm On Jul 18, 2014
Dis is the summary of life itself. @op thanks for this

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by IzyLuv(f): 3:31pm On Jul 18, 2014
Nobleval: Not yet...What's shisha?


Really?? When??
Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Nobody: 3:35pm On Jul 18, 2014
IzyLuv:


Really?? When??
maybe never. I love my life. Read my personal text{view my profile} what do you think?
Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Lovexme(m): 3:37pm On Jul 18, 2014
yuzjet:

Hmmmm..... Life is really damn short!



Yea. It could all end in an instant!

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by JEITO: 3:45pm On Jul 18, 2014
This is one of the best write-up I have read on NL.

God bless the source of this masterpiece.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by yuzjet(m): 3:46pm On Jul 18, 2014
Lovexme:


Yea. It could all end in an instant!

For sure!
Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by slimfitty(m): 4:01pm On Jul 18, 2014
life is jzt a piece of shit.. so live ur life like its d last on planet earth.

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Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by tundabolt(m): 4:07pm On Jul 18, 2014
Nobleval: No 1 is the bomb. Others are nonsense. I hate death! I'm scared of death. Death is my nightmare! I wish I will not die...God you made a mistake when you allowed man to be dying.
accept Jesus as your personal lord and saviour and death will make a lot of sense! Death is only a passage or door way to the eternal life that you will choose now: HEAVEN or Hell? They are both MORE REAL than the phone in your hand
! The choice is yours...
Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Nobody: 4:18pm On Jul 18, 2014
tundabolt: accept Jesus as your personal lord and saviour and death will make a lot of sense! Death is only a passage or door way to the eternal life that you will choose now: HEAVEN or Hell? They are both MORE REAL than the phone in your hand
! The choice is yours...
take your preaching elsewhere my friend. Btw who told you that there is heaven and hell. Do you know how many religion we have in this world? Just cos you happened to be a christian you talking hell and heaven...smh.
Re: 10 Painfully Obvious Truths Everyone Forgets Too Soon by Cheeun(f): 4:20pm On Jul 18, 2014
I so much love this writeup. So insightful: it gives me this kind of peace i can't even explain. . . and reminds me of the right perspective i should have towards life. Thanks, op. smiley

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