What is one truth you have learned that you wish you had never found out? For me, it was finding out that love can die, and nothing is truly forever
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Not a darned thing. No matter how painful or ugly the truth, that's what I want. It has taken some conditioning to be able to handle the truth well enough at all times, but the growing pains to get here were worth it.
ElizabethI
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Mar 7, 2018
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That not everyone I care about, cares about me. Who people present themselves as, when you first meet them, can be far from who they really are. Don't put your trust into someone, until they've proven themselves trustworthy. And, if you see signs that something isn't right, trust your instincts.
Merrywings
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Mar 7, 2018
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That most people operate on instinct rather than reason. It's frustrating to see things that no one else cares to.
polyananda
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Mar 7, 2018
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You can work harder than anybody and never get anywhere that was my truth
LadyAlyxandrea
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Mar 7, 2018
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I learned that one the hard way too
Don't you mean, that love evolves into a different form? I have never found love to die, it changed from infatuation or lust...into the reality of responsibility! I learned that love was work! And, maybe it was a good thing that I did not have a full concept of what it was, early on, because I might have passed it by or avoided it! Because, love can cut us, like a knife! And, I do agree, that nothing is forever, everything is always changing...our bodies, nature and for sure relationships! So, go with the flow...really does have a deep meaning!
Freedompath
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Mar 7, 2018
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I was with my ex for 6 years. We loved each other very deeply until the end when it began to die. I do remember the intense feeling of love that I had for her but that love is now dead. It can die, and is awful when it does happen, but just as the OP said, nothing is forever.
@aussj4link I had several of those intense, 'love' attraction experiences in my life, but I would not call that the death of love. Nor, do I call that the real kind of love. When I think of love... I think of a feeling after the attraction has waned and the lust, has settled. And, also when there never was a feeling of lust! Now, there is where you will find 'real' love. And, that kind of love completely, sustains, us!
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sassygirl3869
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Mar 7, 2018
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Finding out, on a much deeper level, that I'm not capable of affecting the world I live in in the way I want and that ultimately, after my death I will be forgotten. That's probably the one thing I wish I could have stayed ignorant of.
aussj4link
Level 5
Mar 7, 2018
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That people only care about themselves. Except for close family and close friends. Those are the people to have in your life. I heard this saying, "Don't make others a priority if all you are to them is an option." So true.
Sarahroo29
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Mar 7, 2018
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And that not everything can be solved through peaceful means with knowledge and communication
LadyAlyxandrea
Level 8
Mar 7, 2018
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I do not believe I would erase Any truth I ever learned...the truth is always helpful
AnneWimsey
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Mar 7, 2018
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