Love Lessons

This is a piece of writing that I came across some time ago. After I read it, I got answers to the many questions I had. I found truth in the words and it changed me. The way I thought about things and how I saw them. Some parts also brought tears to my eyes.
Here goes:

It hurts to love someone and not be loved in return, but what is more painful is loving someone and never find the courage to let that person know how you feel. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one, so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know to be grateful for that gift. Love is when you take away the feeling, the passion, and the romance in a relationship and find out you still care for that person.
A sad thing in life is when you meet someone who means a lot to you, only to find out in the end that it was never meant to be, and you have to let go.
The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you ever had.
It is true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it is also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives. Giving someone all your love is never assurance that they will love you back! Don't expect love in return, just wait for it to grow in their heart, but if it doesn't, be content it grew in yours. There are things that you would love to hear that you would never hear from the person whom you would like to hear it from, but don't be so deaf as not to hear it from the one who says it from the heart. Never say goodbye if you still want to try, never give up if you still feel you can go on, never say you don't love a person anymore if you can't let go, love comes to those who still hope, although they have been hurt before and to those who have the courage and faith to build trust again. It takes only a minute to get a crush on someone, an hour to like someone and a day to love someone. Don't go by looks, they can deceive you. Don't go for wealth, even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright.
There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real. Hope for your dreams of that special someone. Dream what you want to dream, go where you want to go, be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you are meant to do.
Always put yourself into other's shoe. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts that person too. A careless word may kindle strip; a cruel word may wreck a life, a timely word may level stress, and a hug may heal and bless. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way. Happiness lives for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried, for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives.
Love begins with a smile, grows with a kiss and ends with a tear. The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past. You can't go on well in life until you let go of your past failures and heartaches.
When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling. Live your life so that when you die you are the one who is smiling and everyone around you crying.