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Which life lesson do you wish you'd learned sooner?

There are so many lessons I have learned that have been valuable in making me who I am today. I hope I will continue to learn these lessons as my life progresses. I tend to think that if I stop learning lessons, I stop learning altogether. I sure hope that does not happen because I do not want to either stagnate intellectually or become so haughty that I think I can no longer learn anything.

I tend to think that the timing of these lessons offers something valuable. Often, at least in my case, the timing contributes to the lesson by adding a certain emphasis or intensity to the lesson being offered. Rather than lament at how terrible the lesson was or how inconvenient the timing was, I instead try and look deep into the experience and learn from the whole lesson being offered. The whole package of the lesson--timing and teaching--is what makes it effective.

If I find myself being sorrowful at the timing, it is usually because of a bad choice I made regarding the matter. Once I realize this, I can let go of the attachment to the sorrow and move on with gaining valuable wisdom and knowledge from the lesson.

Obama and Clinton talk about life lessons.