I Asked People “What You’ve Learned So Far In Life”, And Here Are Their Answers

"I think at this point in my life, to use that the airplane analogy, when oxygen masks drop down, and I’m supposed to make sure my oxygen mask is on my face before helping others. But that’s not something that I'm the best at. Oftentimes I will lean into helping others before helping myself. Before making sure that I'm in a good spot. But I think right now I need to take care of myself, knowing that taking care of myself puts me in a position to help others even more."

If you want to be a better person, start actually doing the things that that sort of a person would do. And then eventually it will just become the new you. It will be your second nature and then you won't even have to worry about it anymore.

"Everyone has those moments when they think their life is the worst thing ever, but it's really not. You just have to think of all the amazing things you've done in your life. That you're lucky to be doing what you're doing."

"One of the best parts about life is figuring it out. There is a joy to screwing up and finding your own answers."

"Always try to remember the good things. But make the best of it. Be happy. Especially when you’ve got your parents. That’s the most important thing. That I can give. Honor your dad and your mom."

"Forget about the talent, as a person, I feel like I'm a good person, and I feel like that's going to carry me through."

"You've heard that we accept the love we think we deserve. There were a lot of people who tried to help me, but I just couldn't accept it and it doesn't make me any less grateful for what they did for me."

"We're all coming from a place of struggle. But we also are all wanting love, and needing love, and so even just to say “Hi" to a stranger, it's such a beautiful thing when you see it, you know? When you say “Good morning," and they're not expecting you to say “Good morning," and then they light up, and say “Good morning." That energy makes a difference to make this world a better place."

"Something that I need to work on is to not be so negative on myself. Because I'm here to grow. I came here for that reason. To learn and get better."

"I think that I've been dealing with depression my whole life to varying degrees. I mean I remember at one point walking down the streets of New York, and wanting to throw myself in front of a cab. Not really understanding what that was about. Feeling very alone. And my divorce was the thing that, sort of, was the straw that broke the camels back for me. I went to multiple treatment programs, and sort of had to step away from my whole life for a while to break all of the pieces apart. Look at each one of them and decide which ones I wanted to keep, and which ones I wanted to let go of and rebuild myself"

"Life is too short. Life is way too short to do what you think you should do, or what others think you should do. It's not worth it. It's not worth it to not be 100% happy, or at least try to be there. So I decided to follow my dreams instead of follow the practical path. "

You have to be bold enough to say what you really think, and I'm very bold, needless to say. Take life a little more lightly, it's not that serious.

"Everyone has a different path, it's interesting to look at them and analyze them. Even if it's just a point of being like 'No we don't need to be there in our life yet, it's going to be a different schedule for us.'"

"For me personally, I like to set goals, and I like to run after them. So when I find myself accomplishing these goals even if it takes me 4,5,6 years, I get really excited."

"I'm definitely a people pleaser. That's a good thing, but it can be bad if it's not allowing you to be happy because you are pleasing other people. So just finding a balance with that."

"I don't know what I want, but I know what I do not want. Which is stagnation."

"Part of it is the media, we see the people that we idealize on TV, and we want to be like them. And we aren’t able to, because we can’t physically. So, we think less of ourselves. And at some point or another, I think every human being has done that. I compared myself to the people who I thought were perfect."

There are going to be a lot of ups and downs, you know? Life is a roller coaster as they say. But be able to just learn. To be able to feel and still progress from that. It's a beautiful thing. It's a serene feeling. What I will say just to keep pushing.

"They say they love you. They say that you’re like family, and it's all great as long as you're doing what they want you to be doing. As soon as you show your ass, or a side they don't like, it's kind of like they're looking in a mirror, because people don't want to deal with grief. They don’t want to have to experience it, they don't want to go through it, and if they did maybe they didn't deal with it properly."

"I don't know if there is a specific thing that gives me happiness. I feel like happiness is a choice. You could have the same things every day, but you can have those really bad days when you have to choose to be happy."