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10 things i know from the trite but true file...

10. that given half a chance anyone has the capacity to be decent or deceitful...

9. being decent is underrated and usually an afterthought...so is forgiveness...

8. that life does not have to be a struggle but often is...

7. that if you sit still long enough you can have a very good conversation with yourself...

6. that children are stronger than we know, and adults more fragile...

5. truth really is stranger than fiction...really...

4. and if you lie to yourself long enough it will become true...

3. what we do and how we do it are two very different things...

2. letting go is hard...

1. hanging on is even harder...

but then again...

10. it's okay to believe in "one day you will look back on this and laugh"...(well, and if you can't laugh, at least you can look back on it without crying)...

9. there is incredible strength in numbers...

8. if given half a chance, hope really does spring eternal...

7. it's not what happens to you, but how you deal with it...

6. all you have to do is ask...really...

5. do what you love, the rest will come...

4. morning always comes...

3. there is always a choice...

2. if you want a better ending, you can make one up...

1. this too, shall pass...

x.