What are three things you had to learn the hard way?

1. At some point in life, relationships that you tried your best to save will eventually fall apart. Or at least, that's what I've learned about my parents' relationship before they decided to go on their separate ways. I mean, even I could see that it's beyond saving, anyway. And this aspect, I think, is what made me fear getting myself committing to a relationship.
2. Motivation and inspiration will never go hand in hand in fulfilling my dream. What do I really need? Determination. And for some reason, this is something that I lack. I really have to find that determination if I truly intend to get out of this rut of a life that I have.
3. It could take you a lifetime (or not at all) to find a true friend who would stick with you through thick and thin. And as sad as it sounds, I don't consider my family as my friends. There are reasons and those reasons had stopped me from truly expressing myself to them without actually hesitating if I should confide to them even my greatest fears or not.