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Best life advice - bonus points if you can link it to a song

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Adviceforlife · 02/03/2020 21:39

Name change as doing this with workmates and don't want it linked to my usual account.

We are doing a project on the best advice you have ever been given.

The aim is to start group discussions get people talking. So if it's funny or linked to a song lyric or similar all the better.

Or even if not, the best life advice you've ever been given Smile

OP posts:
Beanie3 · 03/03/2020 05:52

Gonna walk and don’t look back by Pete Tong and Mick Jagger.
And the advice? . . Don’t look back. The past cannot be changed. Mistakes are always in your past. Look forward, for that is where hope lies.

BlueThursday · 03/03/2020 06:19

From Karma Chameleon:

You’re my lover, not my rival

FrenchFancie · 03/03/2020 06:24

Pretty much the entirety of Affirmation’ by savage garden

Adviceforlife · 03/03/2020 19:07

Oh these are all great, thank you!

OP posts:
yatapina · 03/03/2020 19:13

Basically, don't sweat the small stuff!

MrsWhites · 03/03/2020 19:18

I wish someone had taught me this lesson when I was younger:

One: Don't pick up the phone
You know he's only callin' 'cause he's drunk and alone
Two: Don't let him in
You'll have to kick him out again
Three: Don't be his friend
You know you're gonna wake up in his bed in the morning
And if you're under him, you ain't gettin' over him

Mrsorganmorgan · 03/03/2020 19:28

Not songs, but I love both these sayings:-

Fall down 7 times, stand up 8 (attributed to a Japanses author)

Speak softly and carry a big stick (Theodore Roosevelt)

KisforKoala · 03/03/2020 19:59

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TrainspottingWelsh · 03/03/2020 20:22

TheNested yes, everything is fucked!

albertcamus · 03/03/2020 21:33

'You can go your own way' : Fleetwood Mac

7Days · 03/03/2020 21:37

Everybody hurts, REM. If you want to depress those who aren't already

Downunderduchess · 03/03/2020 21:47

Let it be

MissClementine · 03/03/2020 22:10

Spread a Little Happiness - Sting

Seeitsortit · 04/03/2020 00:07

@yatapina - you beat me to it!!!

dustibooks · 04/03/2020 00:39

Hakuna matata.

Smile
fastliving · 04/03/2020 00:51

The higher you build your barriers...the taller I become...

Bingeslayer · 04/03/2020 00:52

To get over someone,
Get under someone else 😂

dennisdonut · 04/03/2020 00:57

Let it Go
You only live once
And in certain circumstances; Run to the Hills

PretendNothing · 04/03/2020 12:17

'You only get what you give' by the New Radicals

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