-Babies do not want the toys you bought for them. Give them keys, water bottles, or magnets and they will be much happier.
-Horses run in circles, whether or not they are on a track.
-Lose enough times and no game is fun anymore.
-Babies will explode out of their diapers at the most inopportune moments.
-It takes money to make money. Oft said, but newly realized in a personal way.
-New shoes bring joy to ones life. No matter how much you spend.
-Talking after people stop listening is pointless, but I can't seem to stop myself. I hate leaving thoughts unfinished.
-People rarely listen through the end of what you have to say. But will pretend that they are.
-Taxes are grand in theory, but useless in practice.
-Clothes never look as good on you as they do on the manequin.
-Your children are the most expensive and precious thing in your home, and yet they are usually an afterthought to everyone else.
-The world is a strange and scarely place. Heard said many times. Realized in truth only very recently.
-Many people will take everything they can get, even if it's more than they need or want. Just because they can.
-The less stress in your life, the less time you waste in pointless worrying.
-Boys are thoughtless, irresponsible, unromantic, crude, and sometimes mean. But we love them still. And we forgive them of these things in hopes that they will forgive us for being fickle and picky and emotional and moody.
-Marriages are hard, but being alone is harder.
-Love is the cure-all in any situation. And if you remember that you'll be quicker to forgive.
-If you are happier throughout the day everything just seems to work itself out.
-I love my family more and more, and it never seems to stop, though I was sure it would. But I'm very glad it hasn't!
What have you all learned? I want to know!