Lessons

Do not, under any circumstances, avoid something you're afraid of, especially when you are Facebook friends with people who have to face the same fate as you, because when they succeed, you will see it, and you will wish you hadn't waited.

Anything they can do, you can do too.

Just because you're afraid of something, doesn't make it less inevitable. The only way you can control your fate is by making a conscious effort to do your best and hope it's enough.

Always microwave soup with plenty of paper plates underneath the bowl. You never know when you're going to spill some scalding soup on your finger, causing you to get a first degree burn.

Just because you get burned in life, that doesn't mean you'll scar, and even if you do, it doesn't have to be a part of you that mars your outlook on life. One 'flaw' does not ruin you. It only enhances your character while giving you new and thicker skin.

Exercise caution, but don't ever let it stop you from enjoying life or that soup you burned yourself with. There are plenty more events and soups to be had.

Someday, there's going to be someone who loves everything about you, including your real or imagined flaws. This person should be yourself. Consider yourself blessed to find someone who truly loves you in that same capacity you love yourself, because they will surely be blessed to be with you.