Part Three: Relationships
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- In life you'll realize there is a purpose for everyone you meet. Some will test you, some will use you, and some will teach you. But most important, some will bring out the best in you.
- Talk less and learn to appreciate silence
- A moment of silence can save you from a hundred moments of regret
- You are most powerful and influential in an argument when you are most silent
- Be your perfectly imperfect self
- We are not perfect for everyone, we are only perfect for those select few people who really take the time to get to know us and love us for who we really are.
- Do little things for others every day
- You can't be everything for everyone but you can be everything to a select few. Decide who these people are in your life and treat them like royalty.
- Stay in better touch with people who matter to you.
- Remember, you don't need a certain number of friends, just a number of friends you can be certain of.
- Talk less and listen more
- Pay attention to your relationship with yourself
- ⭐️ One of the most painful things in life is losing yourself in the process of loving others too much, and forgetting that you are special too.
- Real friends face problems together
- A real friend is someone who sees the pain in your eyes while everyone else still believes the smile on your face
- Don't look for someone who will solve all your problems; look for someone who will face them with you
- Real friends honor each other in small ways on a regular basis
- Make an effort to really listen -- not just wait to talk.
- You shouldn't have to fight for a spot in someone's life
- Never force someone to make space in their life for you, because if they know your worth, they will create one for you.
- There is a purpose for everyone you meet.
- ⭐️ Some people will test you, some people will use you, and some will teach you, but most important, some will bring out the best in you.
- Forgiving others help you
- Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.
- When you choose to forgive those who have hurt you, you take away their power over you
- Small gestures of kindness goes a long way
- ⭐️ Use your voice for kindness, your ears for compassion, your hands for charity, your mind for truth, and your heart for love.
- ⭐️ Even the best relationships don't last forever.
- Some relationships will be blessings, others will serve as lessons
- Either way, never regret knowing someone
- The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve
- Don't settle for just being someone's downtime, spare time, part time, or sometime.
- A mistake is an accident. Cheating and lying are not mistakes.
- They are intentional choices. Stop hiding behind the words "mistake" and "sorry" and stop putting up with those who do.
- People will treat you the way you let them treat you.
- ⭐️ One of the most difficult tasks in life is removing someone from your heart
- But remember, no relationship is a waste of time. the wrong ones teach you the lessons that prepare you for the right ones.
- ⭐️ Silence and a half smile can hide a lot of pain from the world.
- Everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost someone.
- Let go when: Someone expects you to be someone you're not
- It's easier to fill an empty space in your life where someone else used to be than it is to fill the empty space inside yourself where YOU used to be.
- Let go when: Someone continuously breaks your trust
- Love means giving someone the change to hurt you but trusting them not to
- Let go when: You are never given a chance to speak your mind
- Sometimes an argument saves a relationship, whereas silence breaks it
- Let go when: You truly dislike your situation
- Too many people spend their lives climbing the ladder of success only to reach the top and discover the ladder was leaning against the wrong wall.
- It's always better to be at the bottom of the ladder you actually want to climb than the top of the one you don't.