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Life lessons - what are yours?

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RangeTesKopeks · 19/10/2017 17:06

What are your most important life lessons? These could be, for example, things that you've read or heard that have really resonated with you.

(I've recently discovered the 'thought for the day' whiteboard by the Tube at Paddington station, which has definitely inspired some of my life lessons :) )

Mine so far are:

  • time is the currency of life
  • aim before you shoot/look before you leap
  • if you always do the same thing, you'll always get the same result
  • learn how to recognise and work on my own weaknesses.
OP posts:
WeiAnMeokEo · 19/10/2017 21:36

You can't go over it, you can't go under it...you've got to go through it! (re: all emotional shiz)

StrongerThanIThought76 · 19/10/2017 21:47

You must make sure you're ok before you can look after others - great advice when under emotional strain when it is important to recognise and acknowledge that sometimes we all need to be a little bit selfish and take care of ourselves.

UmmBum · 19/10/2017 21:58

Just because you are thinking it, it doesn't always mean it is right to say it.

From my Mum. Served me well.

NoodleNooNoo · 19/10/2017 22:14

I don't know what the future holds but I know who holds the future

Grilledaubergines · 19/10/2017 22:16

Be no-one’s second choice.

User36367292 · 19/10/2017 22:18

Getting married too young is a recipe for disaster
Rebound relationships are another recipe for disaster.
Be comfortable with your own company because invariably people let you down

KnitsBakesAndReads · 19/10/2017 22:22

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Assume the best of people.

"The days are long but the years are short."

Nomorechickens · 19/10/2017 22:26

Judge people by their actions not their words

If you want something doing properly, do it yourself. (ie having exhausted all attempts to get others to do it, just get on with it rather than sitting and seething)

Maverick66 · 19/10/2017 22:31

Love many,
Trust few,
And always paddle your own canoe!

afrikat · 19/10/2017 22:31

I just have one.

You do not talk about fight club

BaffledMummy · 19/10/2017 22:34

The desire to quit is greatest just before you are about to succeed.

Or something like that!

Fivefootoffun · 19/10/2017 22:37

You deserve what you tolerate.

LostwithSawyer · 19/10/2017 22:37

If it sounds too good to be true then it probably is.

elQuintoConyo · 19/10/2017 22:41

Neither a lender nor borrower be (unless it's the price of a coffee or something!).

Hurt me once - shame on you; hurt me twice- shame on me.

When a person tells you who they are, listen. (Works for relationships of all types).

What's for you won't go past you.

Never hold in a fart, it makes you talk shit.

Bitsandbobsalot · 19/10/2017 22:48

What other people think of you is none of your business Smile

TriHard · 19/10/2017 22:52

From my Grandad..

‘My girl, it’s better to wear out, than rust out’

NurseButtercup · 19/10/2017 22:56

What doesn't kill you, makes you stronger...

guestofclanmackenzie · 19/10/2017 23:09

"Time is a great healer"

Great little mantra I've used to give myself some self-counselling when I've gone through a bereavement or a relationship break up.

My old manager used to say a lot..

"Just do it now and then it's out of the way"

That always sticks in my head when I start procrastinating on something I dread doing.

And finally...

"Will this really be important in 6 months time?" This is a great little saying that's got me through sticky situations. I'm a sensitive soul and do tend to flap and stew on things.

Crumbs1 · 19/10/2017 23:20

The sun will still rise tomorrow.
We mould our own destiny.
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Forgiveness benefits the person forgiving more than the person on whom forgiveness is bestowed.
Baths cure most problems.
If you aren’t prepared to raise a child with a person don’t have sex with them.
Be kind. Be helpful. Be happy.

Dapplegrey2 · 19/10/2017 23:21

You do not talk about fight club
Afrikat - what does that mean? (I'm probably being stupid)

Alicecooperslovechild · 19/10/2017 23:21

Life's not always fair, accept it and move on - unless there's something you can do about it obviously!

If you're not prepared to do something about it, don't moan about it.

washingmachinefastwash · 19/10/2017 23:27

Treat others how you want to be treated.

RunRabbitRunRabbit · 19/10/2017 23:46

It is better to be looked over than to be overlooked.

Everyone is insecure.

Be willing to do the hard jobs that others are afraid of and you will always have work.

He's in a mood because I went out so I've gone out again and this time I've not left him any dinner. Said by a friend's mother's friend who popped round when I was at friend's house as a teenager. I had never heard such non-pandering behaviour before. They drank sherry and had a laugh.

trixiebelden77 · 20/10/2017 00:26

Trust in God, but lock your car.

Migraleve · 20/10/2017 00:28

It’s ok to be wrong.