1. Don't trust. Ever.
2. If someone is a complete asshole to other people (e.g people they consider "below them") then, when the honey pot dries up, they'll treat you like that, too. Judge someone by how he/she treats others, not just you.
3. Look before you leap. Learnt that one in kindy.
4. Trust your instincts. Don't do something that you have a bad feeling about. Your gut feeling usually turns out to be right.
5. Foreboding.
That horrible feeling in the pit of your stomach that tells you something bad is gonna happen?
Usually, it's just a lovely side effect from stress/worries or some other unknown, underlying issue.
I've had an extremely vivid sense of foreboding before and it just turns out to be nothing. It is just annoying, imo.
6. Hand out second chances every once in a while. Especially, if it is over something small.
7. Be reckless (but not too reckless). If you're not, you'll look back on life and say "What if?"
8. Guys, when in romantic woes, take Gwen's advice and "Don't speak"
Well, not until we're finished feeling pissed off anyway. Unless you want a picture frame thrown at your head.
9. No glove, no love.
10. Don't let your guard down for semi-strangers.
I've known kids who've told people they've met an hour ago their entire life story.
11. Let the people you really care about in.
I always have my guard up. I don't really know why, I have a real reason to be so defensive to everyone I know.
So, take it from someone who knows, let the people in that you care about. Before it's too late.
You only live once.
And that is just about it for now. This is stuff that I live by, but someone people are the opposite to me.