Knowing this beforehand really helps!

These are a few facts that I found in a Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul. Some are funny, some are serious, and the last ones are mine but all are very true!
P.S. When you are through reading it add some of your own in a comment. If they are good and a lot then I'll make another one with yours in it!

• Don't drink grape juice while wearing a white shirt and driving to a special outing.
• Don't let your life wait for other people.
• Dropping a cellphone into a bathtub of water kinda kills the phone.
• Your mother will find out if you dye your hair purple.
• If it hurts, DON'T DO IT AGAIN!!! (oh, trust me on this one!)
• That which does not kill you will ultimately make you stronger.
• Speaking in public usually gets easier with practice. (same goes to shows! I learned that from experience.....)
• Ten years from now most of what we freak out about won't make any difference. (sigh....Lord, I need that.......WAIT!! Did it say.......(quivering voice) TEN YEARS!! AHHHHHHHH!!! I'll be 25!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH.............erm......AHEEM!!!)
• All that's gold doesn't glisten.
• Pimples pop up when you really can't afford them to pop up. (oh yeah!)
• While driving a car through the gate, always, ALWAYS make sure the gate is open!! The consequences might me fatal to your car!
• If you're not living, (I mean, REALLY living.) THEN.......your dead already! (duuuh!! I luv it!)
• Never pierce your belly bottom in the dark!
• Sometimes smart people can do very stupid things.
• Being nice to people will get you far.
• The one person you can truly love is often right in front of you.
• If you start to like a girl, her roommate will immediately start liking you. (heh, obviously this is for guys.....but I thought it was reeaaally funny!)
• Parent's aren't around forever, you need to treasure them while they are.
• Think carefully before you act.
• Dreaming and doing always go hand in hand.
• Life moves fast, but not so fast that you can't slow down to enjoy it.
• Instead of waiting for life to get better, DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT!!!
• If your intuition is telling you not to do something stupid, then don't do it! Your intuition is not stupid!
• Don't juggle knives unless you are really, really good at it.......
• You can't light fireworks in the basement and not get caught.
• Hair is flammable. VERY flammable....(yeah, trust me on this one toooo!)
• God doesn't make junk!
• Someday you will look back on this and it will all seem funny.
• You never know when you're making a memory!
• Nothing matters if you don't have loved ones to share it with.
• Your siblings are incredibly precious. If you don't think so now, you will-trust me! (okay, sigh.....I'll try.....:P)
• If you can laugh at yourself, you are going to be just fine.
• If you allow others to laugh with you, you'll be great!

And now, my part of the batch:

• Wearing white pants and having a very lovable dog that just came back from playing in the mud is really not the best idea in the world.......
• Your room needs to be messy if you're going to clean it up.
• Never sit on green gum at your birthday party. ESPECIALLY if your dress is white. (yikes! remember that one guys! really, not easy to take off!)
• If you're going to shake a bottle of paint, make sure the top is on correctly!
• Make sure you don't use the same role of film that you used for your vacations with your grandparents to take pictures again!
  
• Not everything that's squishy is huggable!
• Don't take your shoes off if they stink and you are in a car full of people.
• Knowing that Jesus loves you is really all that matters in the world.
• If you fall, get up!
• If you smudge the ink of what you just wrote on the birthday card, you sorta blew it!
• Make sure you don't jump off a very high part of a jumping balloon while there's a person beneath that you will hit your nose with!
• Farting in public is veeeeery embarrassing.....
• When you have a cup of coffee on top of a material table, try not to spill it! (the results will be disastrous!)
• If you're ice skating, pretend you don't know how to skate. All the guys will be asking if they can help you out!
• Don't spray perfume inside your mouth!
• Praying for others really works!
• If a person loves Jesus more than they love you, they are good friends!
• Don't blink when putting mascara on!
• If a dog is barking, it will kinda wake up the baby....
• If your mom is talking, be quiet!!
• Don't get water inside your watch, it will kill it.
• If you're receiving prophecy for someone, let the Lord do the talking.
• Give people the answer to all their questions by presenting them to the answer man=Jesus!
• Don't slam your toe against the edge of the bed, unless of course, you want it to hurt!
• If you need to go to the bathroom, don't hesitate!
• Taking a shower gets you clean! (naaaw, you knew this!?? really??)
• Buy the person you got what they want for Christmas.
• Don't eat rotten tomatoes, yogurt, bread......actually, it's better if you don't eat anything rotten, AT ALL.
• Make sure you get all your computer information backed up. You'll be sorry if they steal your laptop.
• Don't burn your hair, it stinks!
• Don't fall in love with movie actors.....it usually doesn't work out!
  
• If you are lighting fireworks, stay away from them!
  
• If you are sad, have some Jesus time!
  
• Love is the most powerful thing in the whole wide world!

So, I shall end this super interesting post right here! So please, add what you think on your comments and we shall make another: Knowing this beforehand really helps!
Love ya!