Een wijze vrouw
 
Plotseling kwam een kennis opgewonden naar haar toe en zei:
 ' ik moet je iets vertellen over je vriend die...'
 'Ho eens even', onderbrak ze haar,
'heb je datgene wat je mij wil zeggen
gezeefd door de drie zeven?'
 'Wat voor drie zeven?' vroeg de kennis verbaasd.
 'Laten we het proberen' stelde ze voor.
 
'De EERSTE zeef is de WAARHEID.
 Heb je onderzocht of alles wat je zeggen wilt waar is?'
 'Nee, ik hoorde het vertellen en...'
'Ah juist!

Dan is het toch zeker wel door de TWEEDE zeef gegaan? De zeef van het GOEDE.
 Is het iets goeds wat je over mijn vriend wilt vertellen? Aarzelend antwoordde de kennis:
 'Nee, dat niet, integendeel...'

 'Hm, hm, zei de vrouw,
 'laat ons dan de DERDE zeef gebruiken.
 Is het NOODZAKELIJK om mij te vertellen
wat je zo opwindt?'
 'Nee, niet direct noodzakelijk'.
'Welnu', zei de vrouw glimlachend,
 'als dat wat je vertellen wilt,
niet waar is, niet goed is en niet noodzakelijk is,
vergeet het dan en belast mij er niet mee.'

I've Learned
that you can do something in an instant that will give you heartache for life.
 I've Learned
that it's taking me a long time to become the person I want to be.
I've Learned
that you should always leave loved ones with loving words. It may be the last time you see them.
 I've Learned
that you can keep going long after you can't.
 I've Learned-
that we are responsible for what we do, no matter how we feel. I've Learned
that either you control your attitude or it controls you.
I've Learned
that regardless of how hot and steamy a relationship is at first, the passion fades and there had better be something else to take its place.
 I've Learned
that heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences.
 I've Learned
that money is a lousy way of keeping score.
 I've Learned
that my best friend and I can do anything or nothing and have the best time.
 I've Learned
that sometimes the people you expect to kick you when you're down will be the ones to help you get back up.
 I've Learned
that sometimes when I'm angry I have the right to be angry, but that doesn't give me the right to be cruel.
 I've Learned
that true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance.
 I've Learned
Same goes for true love. that just because someone doesn't love you the way you want them to doesn't mean they don't love you with all they have.
 I've Learned
that maturity has more to do with what types of experiences you've had and what you've learned from them and less to do with how many birthdays you've celebrated.
I've Learned
that your family won't always be there for you. It may seem funny, but people you aren't related to can take care of you and love you and teach you to trust people again. Families aren't biological.
 I've Learned
that no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.
 I've Learned
that it isn't always enough to be forgiven by others, Sometimes you have to learn to forgive yourself.
I've Learned
that our background and circumstances may have influenced who we are, but we are responsible for who we become.
 I've Learned
that just because two people argue, it doesn't mean they don't love each other. And just because they don't argue, it doesn't mean they do.
I've Learned
that we don't have to change friends if we understand that friends change.
 I've Learned
that you shouldn't be so eager to find out a secret, It could change your life forever.
 I've Learned
that two people can look at the exact same thing and see something totally different.
 I've Learned
that your life can be changed in a matter of minutes, by people who don't even know you.
 I've Learned
that even when you think you have no more to give, when a friend cries out to you, you will find the strength to help.
 I've Learned
that credentials on the wall do not make you a decent human being.
 I've Learned
that the people you care about most in life are taken from you too soon.