I hope this brings good and useful advice to help people.
#21
If someone doesn't love you or respect you, be it a significant other, a friend, or even a parent.
It is not your fault.
Hang in there, and find someone who loves you for the person you are, not the person someone else thinks you should be.
9points
#22
Sometimes it is ok to think something and not say it
9points
#23
Everyone is fighting a battle unknown to you. Don't make it worse.
9points
#24
Feeling down? shut the laptop.turn off the phone. Walk away. Go on a walk. Learn the beauty of the world.Love yourself
8points
#25
Though my family isn't religious in the slightest, my dad is a recovering alcoholic and regularly attends AA meetings, where they say the Serenity Prayer. Even if you aren't religious, it's excellent life advice.
'(God) Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference'.
8points
#26
If you're going to get a pet, either buy from a top breeder, or go down to the pound and get nice mutt that's full of hybrid vigor. If you buy a purebred from a breeder who isn't the best, you're likely to get an animal with genetic weaknesses that will lead to serious illnesses in later life. And the animal will suffer.
7points
#27
It's all about perspective. Everybody is so wrapped up in, "I'm right, you're wrong" there is no room for civil discussion, let alone compromise, understanding, or compassion. If you are having a problem with someone, put yourself in their place and try to see/hear/feel where they're coming from and you may have a better chance at resolving the issue.
7points
#28
"Even as a married woman, keep a bank account that only you know about". - My Grandma
7points
#29
I don't know if this counts but "Life begins at the end of your comfort zone." - Neale Donald Walsch. As someone who has trouble getting out of their comfort zone this one stuck with me.
7points
#30
Ideally everything you say should fit through three gates. The first one, is it true? The second one, is it necessary? The third, is it kind?
People think they can say something just because it's true and get themselves into trouble. Saying something nice and upbuilding is always necessary. If someone could get hurt if you don't say something, it's probably necessary. The trick is saying it in a kind way. Are you saying it to help? Can you say it so it doesn't embarrass somebody?
7points
#31
My papaw told me once that no matter how bad life gets you can find a way to get through it. Look in the mirror and tell yourself one good thing three times a day. Those three good things turn into 21 good things a week. If you are going through a hundred bad things the 21 good ones carry five times the weight as the hundred bad ones if you let them. So you actually have 105 good things versus the 100 bad things. His point was to get through the bad by focusing on the good. I still find me telling myself good things in the mirror every day, even when life is good.
6points
#32
Keep going, because one day you're going to look back and be so glad you did.
6points
#33
1. Admit when you're wrong.
2. Apologise when you need to.
3. Don't expect to take all the opportunities - you may be the 'also' guy in someone else's success story.
4. Violence is a last resort.. the very last.
2. Apologise when you need to.
3. Don't expect to take all the opportunities - you may be the 'also' guy in someone else's success story.
4. Violence is a last resort.. the very last.
6points
#34
Listen how someone talks about others to you. It is how they will talk about you to others.
6points
#35
If you are on welfare or low income, work out weekly payments for your bills. If you cannot pay for some reason, then only one week has to be found; not a month. My Grandmother
5points
#36
Take the recommended dosage. I’m a sober opioid addict. Trust me.
5points
#37
"This to shall pass." I remind myself of this when I think my world is ending.
5points
#38
My teacher said this: it's better to have an imperfect something than a perfect nothing.
5points
#39
If you are alone, the first thing you do when getting into your car is to lock the doors and keep them locked. If not alone, you have to wait for everyone to get in, of course!
5points
#40
Don’t let anyone tell you you are unimpotant , don’t belong, or that something is wrong with you. Because they are wrong you are important, you do belong, and nothing is wrong with you
5points
