I remember when I was younger, my father offering me advice and wanting me to avoid the same mistakes he made growing up. Naturally I ignored his advice, repeated his mistakes and made several innovative ones of my own. Intelligence can be fostered by education, but wisdom is gained through making mistakes. Now that I’m a little older, I have younger people asking for advice. I tell them they should fall flat on their faces as much as possible. If you aren’t falling down from time to time, you aren’t pushing yourself. Some things you must learn for yourself...

Some Things You Must Learn For Yourself (click for sample)

Sometimes life makes you compromise, sometimes you have no choice
Made to see through another’s eyes you heed a different voice
So you think that life is unfair
Why bother to try if nobody cares
Well rage at the world if you think you should
But I tried it before and it never did me any good
Some Things You Must Learn For Yourself

Sometimes life makes you improvise; you make it as you go
After all it’s a big surprise we’re even here at all
I’d like to think I’ve shown you my friend
there’s more than one means to an end
I’ve no regrets, I’ve earned my scars
but I traveled that road and it never took me very far
Some Things You Must Learn For Yourself

Why do we wait for things to change when it’s all within our reach?
We can love and we can teach each other a better way
We can change tomorrow if we start today
There’s a better world if we want to make it

Some Things You Must Learn For Yourself
Some Things You Must Learn For Yourself
Some Things You Must Learn For Yourself