No one really prepares you for life.

Sure, you can be taught a great

deal of things, but the things that matter in life, the things that will
make or break you as a person, can only be learned through
experience.

Knowing about something and living through it are two entirely

different things. When you haven’t experienced something but know
it exists in the world, you think it’ll never happen to you. You only
know it from the surface—you are aware of the words that are
associated with it, but none of that holds any meaning to you. You’re
able to just forget it even exists.

However, when you experience something, it slowly seeps into your

being, changing everything about life as you knew it. It feels like you
have opened your eyes for the first time and now you’re forced to see
the world for what it really is.

All experiences, good and bad, mold you into a slightly different
version of yourself. I believe that you truly can only grow from what
you go through on your own. Warnings don’t mean much to you
when you haven’t been living your life. Many people talk about the
pain of their heartbreak, but that is not going to stop someone from
wanting to experience love on their own.

The struggles of others are not enough to get the message across to
those who have not tried it themselves. You need to have experiences
yourself in order to figure out how you handle certain situations. Not
to mention that every human’s experience is different from the next.
There might be a few similarities, but essentially nobody is living the
exact same life as you. Someone’s bad experience might turn out to be
a great one for another, and you just won’t know until you get out
there and try it.
The greatest life lessons come from experiences.