Some advice I think everyone should read..

Well, I wrote this in an email to someone, but I thought that everyone should read this *no, this isnt the whole email, just the parts I think I should tell you guys*<br><br>All our lives, people preach to us about the importance of our life. About how everyone makes mistakes, and time heals everything. Time. How much time? They never say. As time goes by, sure, the pain lessens. But then, something will remind us of what we are trying to forget, and that wound that "time" should've healed, it opens up again. Time does go by. Days on end, and the days turn into weeks, weeks into months, and months into years. But exactly how much time, does it take for us to forget? For the emotional scar to completely vanish? I guess that answer would be <span style="font-style:italic">forever</span><br>Everyone says you have to be strong. But is being strong holding back emotions? Or is it crying and pouring your heart out? Is it being able to lift weights? Or is it being able to lift spirits? Is being strong knowing when to move on? Or knowing when to try again? Can anyone honestly tell you?<br>Adults. Yes, they were teens once, but maybe they don't realize the pressures we have today. The issues we have today. The greatest issue being love. They don't understand that when someone you love, or at least feel like you love, breaks up with you, the last person you want to talk to is your parents. <br>You don't feel good enough after that. Not a good enough student, daughter/son, friend, girlfriend/boyfriend. You just feel like crap. You just want to curl up in a ball and lay there.<br>You miss that person so much. But, you have to realize, missing them isn't about how long you've been away from them, how long it's been since you guys last talked. It's about doing something, and without realizing, you are wishing they are there with you. <br>And then, once the finalization of them ending it with you hits you, you suddenly feel..different. You kind of just want to wake up to the sound of sirens, falling into a deep sleep, waking up just long enough to hear the doctor whisper, "she/he isn't going to make it" Just so you could see if that person did care for you, or if they were just playing you the whole time. <br>But, in our lives, we learn a lot of things. We learn people change, even the one person you thought you knew, they go through the most changes. You learn no matter how much you care, some people are just idiots and will give up something they have, something they will never have again, for something they think they want. You learn you don't have to change friends, if you can just understand that your friends will change, that a good friend will hurt you every now and then, but you just have to forgive them. You learn which movie theatre seats have best cup holders, which classmate is most reliable to cheat off of, how to give and take advice, best times to laugh, best times to cry, but the most important thing we learn, is that just because people argue, doesn't mean there isn't love, and just because we aren't blood relatives, doesn't mean we aren't family.<br><br>But the one thing, that takes us awhile to learn, is:<br><br><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:150">Sometimes in life, there are no "second chances" there are no "redos" or "do overs." So, while you are waiting for that second chance, you just have to realize, life isn't about waiting, life is about:<br><br><span style="font-weight:bold"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Now or never</span></span></span></span><br><br>:)<br><br>-Darky