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    22 Deep Life Lessons From Everyone's Favorite Teen Dramas Of The '00s

    The world according to Summer, Blair and Peyton.

    1. Everything happens for a reason.

    2. Your mother IS always right.

    3. Hold out for someone special. Don't settle.

    4. It's OK to need people.

    5. At the end of the day, we control our own fate.

    6. Don't try and be something you're not.

    7. Real friendships are the best.

    8. Relationships are risky.

    9. But they can be so, SO worth it.

    10. That doesn't mean relationships don't kick you in the teeth sometimes.

    11. Everyone is struggling.

    12. If you love someone, sometimes you have to let them go.

    13. Don't let anybody walk all over you.

    14. Sometimes, people do shitty things.

    15. Sometimes, those people are the people you care about most.

    16. It is surprisingly easy to let life just sort of happen to you.

    17. Don't let it.

    18. Learn from your mistakes.

    19. Karma is real.

    20. Everyone messes up every now and again.

    21. Even you.

    22. But, in the end, everything will probably turn out OK.