Besides learning how to endlessly conjugate verbs, describe things backwards and becoming more touchy feely than I had been raised to be, learning Spanish taught me some things about life.
1. Before you can be impressive, you have to be willing to look and sound like an idiot.
2. There will always be someone who does things better than you.
3. Most communication is non-verbal. Talk with your hands, smile and laugh alot and you will fit in where ever you go.
4. There are more genuinely good people than bad.
5. Making small talk is not a small thing.
6. Time spent trying to put yourself inside someone else's head is never wasted time.
7. No matter what the language, very few people ever say what they truly mean.
8. Learning how to connect with others and understand their hearts, souls and spirits is what real communication means.
9. There are not as many universal truths as I thought there were when I was younger.
10. Always give people an opportunity to save face and you will have few enemies and many friends.
