What I have learned that I should have learned years ago

I have learned that everything is NOT as it seems
I have learned that whatever you are feeling at the time is absolutely correct even if all indicators around you tell you otherwise. Just because your surroundings may dictate otherwise does not invalidate what you feel.
I have learned that everything in life takes place in a specific order and process
I have learned that if you skip a step or a process then you have skipped the lesson that was meant for you to learn and the growth that you were supposed to gain from it
I have learned that whatever you may lose, do not lose the lesson
I have learned that money and material gain is a lousy way to keep score, but to some people it ios their only method of a scorecard
I have learned that for many, a scorecard is not necessary
I have learned that the ones whom are the closest to you are the ones whom will often times let you down the HARDEST and the MOST FREQUENTLY
I have learned that the SECOND worst thing in life is to DIE ALONE
I have learned that the WORST thing in life is to DIE ALONE and not want to
I have learned that it is all too easy to feel abandoned
I have learned that the best thing that you can do with your life is SHARE IT with another
I have learned that our creator did not create us to be islands independent of one another but we all too often make ourselves that way
I have learned that if you seclude yourself then you shut the door and lock it, so don't be suprised when no one is there at the time you decide to open it
I have learned that KISSES do not lie although we oftentimes do not recognize that
I have learned that one or both of your parents can be alive and you can still NOT HAVE THEM
I have learned that AGE is the heaviest price to pay for learning the lesson
I've leanred that YOUTH is the heaviest price to pay for being naive
I've learned that one of the saddest things you are can witness is to watch someone make all the wrong decisions and know that you can do nothing to protect them as it is one of those few things that they have to just go through it
I've learned that sex is the absolute WORST measuring tool of a man's manhood [or of a woman's womanhood]
I've come to the position that if you have missed something in life, as long as the creator is blessing you with life you have the opportunity to go back and get it
I've come to the position that no matter what age I am I will ALWAYS miss my grandmother