In honor of the fifth season of MTV's "Awkward," here are some of the valuable life lessons the show has taught its viewers.
1. Quirky is cool.
2. "You have to be cruel to be kind."
3. Sometimes you have to completely lose yourself in order to find out who you are meant to be (I'm talking about you, season 3 Jenna).
4. There is no one quite like your best friends, and at the end of the day, they are irreplaceable.
5. Sometimes you kiss the wrong person.
6. We all need Val as our guidance counselor.
7. We often don't know what is going on in other people's lives. They may seem like they have it together on the outside, when in reality the opposite is true.
8. Forgiveness is not easy, but it will set you free.
9. Although our lives may not go as planned, that does not mean we cannot get back up and keep going. The plan will probably change, it's how we handle that change that matters.
10. You deserve someone who loves you for you. Someone who is not ashamed of you, and who is proud to be with you, and you should feel the same way about them.
11. Your mom has better advice and intentions than you think.
12. Sass is not always a bad thing ... you're welcome.
13. You must love yourself in order to let someone love you.
14. And lastly, you don't need someone else to make you happy, be the girl who dances on her own.
