10 Things I've Learnt, Turning 30
1. Time waits for no man, neither will your family and your friends whom you have neglected while they have been around. Cherish them while you can.
2. Great relationships are hard to come by, when you have built one, hang on to it well lest it slips away from your life before you even notice it.
3. The number of friends, the number of Likes on your Facebook posts, the number of Twitter or Instagram followers aren't important, the real importance is in how many of their lives have you touched and are a part of.
4. Good friends tell you all the good things that you enjoy hearing and laughing to, REAL friends tell you those that are hard to accept but still accept you for who you are.
5. More money and things will not bring lasting happiness, gratitude, contentment and generosity will.
6. We often work harder than we ought, to eventually lead a simple and fulfilled life, when it can actually happen the other way around.
7. It is usually NOT the big things or events that count in life, but the small things that continue to either build you up or tear you down.
8. Patience is indeed a virtue, sometimes you just have to outlive and outlast the bad that is around, and remain faithful to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel.
9. True Love is never one that expects reciprocation, for even bad people do good to those who are good to them. It is one that chooses to place the needs of others before yourself. The 'Yes' to that which is harder to commit, and the 'No' to which is harder to reject.
10. Every word, every action, no matter how small it seems can have a lasting and huge impact to somebody else's life. A little 'joke' that can destroy one's ego or a little kindness that can restore one's dignity.
