learning...

I am realizing more and more that there are many things we go through in life to reveal to us that kind of people that we should strive to be. I can recall so many situations that I remember exactly how someone dealt with me or some difficulty and thinking... man, I hope I handle myself with half of that maturity and grace. Those moments are us learning who we want to be.


There have also been moments in my life where I look back and think... man, I will never in a million years handle myself and treat people that way. Those moments are us learning the who we do not want to be. 


Life is so full of both of these types of moments. Odds are that the moments we learn who we don't want to be are difficult moments. It probably hurts and we feel inferior, ostracized, or degraded. And it is those very feelings that stick out in our minds forever. Those feelings make us think.. I will try my best to never make anyone ever feel this way. As hard as it all is, we've learned. We've learned exactly who we do not want to be.

"I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel."