Living without and away from your family teaches you lessons of life, some from your own mistakes and some from others... I have been learning a few....
1. Appreciate. Its difficult at times..but do it anyways!
2. Always use the Golden words- Please, Thank you, Sorry. Yes, even when the other person doesn't!
3. Its never tit-for-tat. Neither revenge nor hatred is a key to a peaceful mind.
4. Keep your word. Always!
5. At all times and I mean every minute, be selfless with at least one person around you. Selfishness screws you up - one way or the other.
6. Money isn't everything.
7. Relationships are meant to be preserved, not money.
8. Never ever discuss people. No one has the right to defile one's image.
9. Ignore gossips. Only narrow minds do it. And they are meant to fill up the emptiness in those minds.