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I came across this writing a few days ago and it has stayed with me.
I agree 100% to what this writer penned.
What is the biggest lesson you learned that no one teaches?
Arguing with a fool proves there are two.
The easiest way to wait for something is to forget it exists.
Leave, when a promise turns into a sorry.
The worst type of loneliness is the loneliness you feel when you are with people.
There are no rules of attraction when it comes to meeting your match.
You don't need to compromise on your standards, the right person will come to you.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
A toxic person only changes their victims, never themselves.
A conversation about how you feel is not supposed to end in an argument.
Someones effort is a reflection of their interest in you.
You can be the whole package at the wrong address.
Facts over feelings. Dont let your emotions play with your intelligence.
Alex Ferman from Quora
mobeau69
(11,131 posts)When youre remembering how it was just remember how it was.
Its better to be alone then to be with somebody and wishing you were alone.
Your children: When theyre little theyll step on your toes and when theyre big theyll step on your heart.
The only good Republican is a dead Republican.
First Speaker
(4,858 posts)...70 this fall...that there is nothing new under the sun, that this too shall pass, that events have their rhythms, and that the world will go on just fine without me after I die.
Captain Zero
(6,780 posts)My advice when buying real estate.
TlalocW
(15,373 posts)If you don't already, learn to like Hawaiian pizza. Whether you're in a dorm, frat/sorority, sharing a rental house, got a roomie in an apartment, everyone is going to try to mooch off of you when you order a pizza. Weeding out the food snobs will cut that down by quite a bit.
bucolic_frolic
(43,027 posts)The gut never lies.
zipplewrath
(16,646 posts)It was learned over a series of lessons, but the most important was spending 10 days in the Boy Scouts living out of my backpack at Philmont Scout Ranch. We had to dig slit trenches for bathrooms. We collected firewood over which to cook. We cleaned our cooking tools and dishes over water we boiled over our wood fire. Basically, we were dependent upon ourselves for "everything". That, combined with some survival training I had, taught me that I could basically "take care" of myself in "any" situation.
Is that a bit over the top? Sure. Of course we need to go to doctors for physicals, dentists to clean our teeth, etc. But it also taught me that I was vastly more capable than many sources wanted me to believe.
I just fixed my microwave for a relatively minor breakage because I watched just enough YouTube videos to figure it out. We have more capability than we are often led to believe, especially in this hyper connected world in which we live than we are often led to believe.
debm55
(24,776 posts)onecaliberal
(32,775 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Be the hero of your own destiny..the best revenge is to live well..put your own oxygen mask on first..
Walleye
(30,935 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,275 posts)XanaDUer2
(10,489 posts)Pay yourself first out of every paycheck.
Get a lawyer if you're being screwed.
Buy a decent car and maintain it. Keep it forever.
Mr.Bill
(24,228 posts)When you are at work, never lift anything heavier than a pencil.
Advice I didn't take until I was 47. And sure enough, I made more money than I ever had before.
Chainfire
(17,458 posts)Never get in a hurry when zipping up your pants....Why didn't' someone tell me?
vanlassie
(5,663 posts)Butterflylady
(3,537 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,095 posts)...because other things have a way of arising that will eat your time away.
Skittles
(153,111 posts)based on the videos of all the people throwing fits, and what I myself see in real life (example: MAGAts), that is something TOO MANY PEOPLE never learn
Phentex
(16,330 posts)you can walk away, cut off, remove yourself from the toxicity of other people to guard your own mental health.
IcyPeas
(21,839 posts)with a toxic sibling.
other members of my family say I should just forgive and forget. and I feel they look at me like I'm the one in the wrong now. it's not easy.
Phentex
(16,330 posts)but eventually a weight is lifted.
kairos12
(12,841 posts)Save at every opportunity because often a job often means:
Just
Over
Broke
crud
(613 posts)because that's a man that won't trust his own pants to stay up.