"The following is tastefully edited from a certain idea that was ripped from a certain forum. That means I can't fudging remember where I first got inspiration for this."

Checkpoint

Seventeen years and a
false stop in act,
I've learnt plenty
with most of them fact.
Sense has been made
though less of them common,
Mistakes that appeared,
from what I would learn-

-that you cannot make someone love you.
Though you can try your best
All you can do is
be someone who can be loved.
(That's usually a test.)
The rest is up to them.

And sometimes,
no matter how much you care,
some people just don't reciprocate.
I'd have faith in them though.
They will someday, late
is always better than never.

It takes years to build up trust,
and only seconds to destroy it.
It takes decades to develop a relationship,
and only a wrong turn for a hit.

And that what
you have in Life isn't important,
but rather who
you have in Life that counts.

Charm gets you by pretty well
for about fifteen minutes.
After that, you'd better know
something or it's
respect-back guarantee.

Irregardless of how hot and steamy
a relationship is at first,
the passion will fade, prompting you
to replace infatuation's hearse.

Comparing yourself to the
best others can do is fine and dandy,
but trying to be the best you can do is
another matter altogether.
I'd prefer doing the best that others expect of me.

Whatever happens isn't important.
What we do about it is.

We are always responsible for our actions,
and no excuse can deny that.
An instance of negligence
can produce a lifetime of regret.

And no matter how thin you slice a cake,
there are always two sides
unless you slice them again.
Even then, you can't have your cake
and eat it too.

It is far easier to react
than it is to think.
It takes seconds to understand,
but hours or days for it to sink.

One should always leave
others with loving words.
It may be the last time you see them.
Spite them and it will not.

It has always been an issue
of mind over matter-
You can keep going
long after you think you can't.
Limits exist for a reason, though.

It is the attitude
not the aptitude
that determines the altitude.

And heroes are the people
who do what has to be done
when it needs to be done,
regardless of the consequences.

There's a thin line, though,
between a hero and a moron.

-to be continued-