To ask for the life advice that has served you well?

[mumofoneAloneandwell]

The truth shall set you free

Learn to build healthy boundaries and let go of guilt that you know you should not carry. - This for me has been difficult I have felt/ been made responsible for my mum my whole life. But I am not. It has taken nearly 2 years of therapy but I am feeling free.

Everything’s a season, so true!

This is amazing!

yes I like this one too.

Ding ding ding. That little bell ringing in your ears ? It's a warning. Listen to it.
I learned the hard way.

Most people act the way they do out of fear, even if they don't realise it themselves

I read something along the lines of 'our present is tomorrow's history'. Things that seem bizarre or wrong or misguided in the past were once popularly held beliefs or fashionable theories, socially acceptable or uncontested. It's an interesting way of looking at things, I think. A lot of people in the future will be embarrassed by the views and causes they espoused without questioning them more deeply.

Me too . I would have saved myself so much stress and heartache if I had listened to that dinging bell .

Fuck them .

'In a 100 years you and everyone you know will be dead and forgotten, so what are you worried about?'

Helps me put things in perspective when things are tough.

You can turn a negative into a positive. Sometimes it just takes time and patience, but it is definitely possible.

Oh yes, I do this too. Really helps

People will come and go but the right ones will stay .

My mum says one that used to annoy me but now I say it in my head the whole time and it’s really useful.
If it can’t happen it won’t happen

Ie if I’m thinking about parking on the double yellow lines outside my friend’s house as I’ll only be 30 seconds - that phrase pops into my head and I’ll go and find a proper space.

That’s just one example. It saves me from a multitude of stupid / careless decisions

very true that!

People are rarely as confident as they pretend to be

If what you're worrying about won't matter this time next year it's not worth worrying about

Would you rather be right or effective?

“The person you choose to marry and have kids with can be the difference between true happiness and major turmoil in your life; choose wisely”

Much as I love the wisdom of many of the other suggestions on this thread, by God this one is one to remember and act on! 😁

my ones are:
Shit happens (as in, bad stuff happens, but hey ho, just get on with things).
Decisions are made by those who show up.
Time and the hour run through the roughest day.

Never drink blue drinks.
No bare bums on the sofa.

Take every opportunity you are given. I have only ever regretted those I have declined, never, despite problems, those I have accepted.

It should be treat others a you would wish to be treated in the same situation.

If I were a murderer I would expect to serve my time but be treated humanely. So it's not a free pass to forgive everything absolutely.

Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.

If you worry you suffer twice.

Never heard that before but I will be using it.

Slowly, slowly, catchy monkey