10 things everyone should learn in life

Selection of a true friend.
Friends are the foundation and companion of our life. They are playing a major role in your development. That’s why we should underestimate this part of our life. Whenever you will be defeated by the society only one person will understand your situation and that’d be your friend. Don’t hurry to select your friends.
Become social animal, at least 1–5%.
We, as humans, are the social animal which means we should socialize with other people. Isolation is good at some point. Sometimes it is required for our privacy, but it is not quite good regularly. That can directly affect our mental health. Eventually, a person needs a companion to talk, to roam, to eat, and to live.
Understands ‘Nothing lasts forever’, not even relationships.
Change of season brings environment changes, relationships also change. The relationship has seasons too in which it builds, spreads, and annihilates. Don’t force anyone to stay in your life, if they seriously want to then they’d never leave you at first.
Don’t be dumb.
When you choose to live life on your luck and you surrender yourself to your troubles then no one can help you, not even god [if you believe!]. This is the worst kind of life and it is better to die rather choosing this kind of life. Only one person can drag out you from this situation, and that is whom you see in your mirror every day.
Shortcuts are always painful.
If you want to achieve something, then do the right preparations. Work hard. Shortcuts may lead you to the dead end. You may see glorious results of choosing shortcuts very soon but using shortcuts, achievement of your success will be there with you for few days. Whereas hard work has no other option, even destiny will kiss your feet and will be there in your favor.
Seeking independence.
Can king live in another king’s house for entire life? He has his own castle from where he rules over his kingdom. Dry bread of independence is always better than the sweet dish of slavery.
Finding pleasure in a simple thing.
In the race of jealousy and hatred, people have forgotten to enjoy the life. People are busy keeping track of their competitors.Even if they can’t move ahead, they prevent others from moving forward. Don’t do such actions and don’t make life such a complex. The most common need of today’s generation is peace with a modern lifestyle, perhaps which is very crucial to achieve. Spend life with charity, kindness, and empathy whereas abandon jealousy and hatred.
Living with some goal.
Without a goal, a person’s life is just flowing with a flow of time. Only dead fish go with the flow. You are young and energetic soul, utilize this factors for crafting your better life.
Don’t fear failure.
Failure can be the catalyst in the process of achieving success. However, depending on how you accept failure, your life determines. Don’t lock yourself in a room just because you have failed many times. Think different. Think first. Take actions.
Don’t cheat yourself.
This is the most important thing you should learn in life. You may be bad for some people and good for the rest. But in actual, only you know yourself. Make sure that your soul doesn’t inspire you to cheat yourself. Lie can comfort you for a while but eventually, it will make you feel guilty. That feeling will be very heavier to live with. Never lie to yourself in order to please your soul.
Originally published at www.quora.com.