My basic principles of life

Sarah used to tell me that life is an university, learn from it. In
this quarter century of my life I have learnt some things -which I
have made the basic principles of my life- the way I judge people and
the way I think that the world should be run. They are
1)The root cause of unhappiness is expectation.As long as I am
expecting something from somebody I will always be in the pangs of
unhappiness.However much I love the guy/gal in question ,I would try
never to expect anything from anybody.As they say nothing comes free
in life.
2)You can't change others. You can only try to influence others.The
rest is upto them.But even then you can't change the basic inherent
characteristics of people ,no matter what.A troglodyte is always a
troglodyte, a procrastinator is always a procastinator, a mendacious
guy will always be mendacious, and a totally selfish one will remain
the same throughout his/her life.An iota of change does not mean that
the person has changed .If fact it will never happen.
3)I am alone and will always be. That is because of the fact that
everybody is inherently different.Nobody actually lasts as a friend.
4)I am what I am. The reebok's ad has a message.Whoever says that
he/she couldn't do anything because of something is giving an excuse.
I am what I am , and will always be so.
As in the theme song of One tree hill, I don't wanna be anything
except what I am.
Robin