Give it time, give it space, be still for a spell

This was written on Alex's blog. I found it really poignant, and so I decided to copy it onto mine, haha.

Had to have this written down somewhere...

1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs:
   1. Respect for self
   2. Respect for others
   3. Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honourable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don’t bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It’s a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

Sometimes silence is the best answer... I remember an episode of Scrubs, where Carla/Elliot and Turk/J.D. realized that they'd drifted from each other, and that they had to take some time to reconnect.

But perhaps in this situation, the best thing I can do is to keep silent and wait till it's time to reconnect again.

But the thing that has come to mind in the past few days, is that we should always be grateful that we have people who bother to listen to us at all, and not give a second indignant thought to strangers, whose ears our words fall deaf upon.