Hump Day 10-Things I Am Sure About

1. God is real.  Be open and allow him to do his work.
2. Your job as a friend is to listen. Just be there and shut up until they ask you for your opinion.
3. You cannot fix someone who does not want to be fixed.  Don't have a Pollyanna outlook on life.....people show you who they are, and sometimes they are not as good as you'd like to believe.  Accept that people are not like you and you'll never be able to make them better unless they want to be.
4. Never say never or always.  You will be sure to choke on your words and you'll kick your own ass later.
5. Don't judge people.  You are going to have an opinion because we all do to a certain degree,  but understand that we're all human and have a different perspective based on what has happened to us.  You never know when you'll be in that situation, so it's best to be an understanding and open-minded person.  The way I look at it is this: I'm not God, thankfully, and it isn't my job to figure it out. Everyone has something redeeming about them; enjoy that.
6. Education opens doors.
7. Men and women are different, and that's all there is to it.  Enjoy the differences and accept it.
8. No other person can make you complete. Be your own person, stand on your own two feet and find happiness on your own.  You'll be better for someone else as YOU.
9. You teach people how to treat you.  Dr. Phil was right about this, even though he is an arrogant ass.  People can demand respect and not deserve it, and people can deserve respect and not demand it, but you have to both deserve and demand respect to truly gain it.  Be a decent person to deserve it and then hold your head high and tell people what is and isn't acceptable so there isn't confusion later on.  (Easier said than done, if you are passive.) 
10. You will experience the same problem over and over until you learn your lesson.  You should be constantly growing and changing, or you may as well be dead.  Suck it up, stand up straight and don't let it happen again.