N/B- the list is a bit lengthy


[b]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.Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside you while you’re still alive.

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 youdecide 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.
3.Being busy does NOT mean being productive- 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 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.Though being busy can make us feel more alive than anything else for a moment, the sensation is not sustainable long term.


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. Just because it’s not happening now, doesn’t mean it never will.

5.Thinking and doing are two very different things- Success never comes to look for you while you wait around thinking about it. You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do. Knowledge is basically useless without action. Good things don’t come to those who wait; they come to those who work on meaningful goals.remember, if you wait until you feel 100% ready to begin, you’ll likely be waiting the rest of your life.
6.You don’t have to wait for an apology to forgive- Life gets much easier when you learn to accept all the apologies you never got. The key is to be thankful for every experience – positive or negative. It’s taking a step back and saying, “ Thank you for the lesson.”


7.Some people are simply the wrong match for you- You will only ever be as great as the people you surround yourself with, so be brave enough to let go of those who keep bringing you down. You shouldn’t force connections with people who constantly make you feel less than amazing.It makes no sense to force it with people who are the wrong match for you.

8.It’s not other people’s job to love you; it’s yours- It’s important to be nice to others, but it’s even more important to be nice to yourself. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.Today, let someone love you just the way you are – as flawed as you might be, as unattractive as you sometimes feel, and as incomplete as you think you are. Yes, let someone love you despite all of this, and let that someone be YOU.

9.What you own is not who YOU are- 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.The space and time you are occupying at this very moment is LIFE, and if you’re worrying about Kim Kardashian or Tonto Dikeh or some other famous face, then you are disempowered. You’re giving your life away to marketing and media trickery.

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.

OP, U are so on point. This na TrueTalk just lik MTN .


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