What is the biggest life lesson you have learned?

[Lost Magic]

What is the one thing you would take out of this life that has actually made you think? I learned not to take loved ones for granted. I guess I learned it in hindsight, but it was still a teaching moment. Are there lessons in this life that are still valuable, even if it is too late to truly value them?

 

[September5th]

Three things:
1 - Be good and take care of your loved ones, or they'll go away
2 - Never expect thing to finally get better. You'll soon be fucked again
3 - Enjoy your happy times. They're rare and special

 

[Deleted member 847]

Death and decay is everywhere. Chaos is the default state of the universe. order is just a temporary anomaly.
- Eyefloaters, and can't read with one eye anymore
- Permanent tinnitus
- some brain damage
- My sister's dead

and I'm just 21. It's just gonna get worse. Entropy will fuck me up even more. Maybe I'll have
to wear one of these stupid hearing aids one day, since I can't stop my loud music addiction


I need to learn to take better care of my body

 

[lessonlearned]

to enjoy my youth and to give up when it starts going downhill

 

[lostmyacc]

Everyone leaves, even the ones who say they 'love you'.

 

[WanderingWater]

The wisest words given to me...

In regards to Love:. There is always another.

 

[Bootleg Astolfo]

1: Never fully trust anyone.
2: Never give more information about yourself than is required.
3: Handmade pasta are pretty easy to make and very tasty, you should try making some, even more complex ones like ravioli are fairly easy to make, although a bit time consuming.
Here's a recipe for the base pasta: https://www.ricardocuisine.com/en/recipes/2147-fresh-pasta

 

[FuneralCry]

That nothing really matters. Things that seem important to us now will be gone someday, and that all life is so temporary and meaningless. I try to make myself think about this when I start to overthink about pointless things.

 

[Medicmedic72]

Blood isn't thicker than water

 

[hellispink]

The biggest lesson? To love myself because I am all I have. I had to learn by force to be with my own company, fears, mental illnesses and my loneliness. I needed to be my best company and also my worst. I had to chose compassion towards me when all I wanted was to destroy myself. Learning that I have only have myself has been very difficult but at the same time it frees me. I understood no one has to love me like I want them to. I can be the person who loves me the way I want. I learned that I do not need to force myself to live in this suffering, neither I have to worry so much about others so much when they never did for me.

 

[Fadeawaaaay]

Prepare your professional life early … create financial literacy and security …

 

[hungry_ghost]

- Caring about what other people think of you to the point of anxiety is a huge waste of time.
- In fact, anxiety itself is a huge waste of time, and all fear can go fuck itself.
- Be smart with money from an early age, and don't waste money on frivolous shit.
- Don't make decisions based upon fleeting emotions.

 

[jimmy7754]

I should kill myself.

 

[BasqueClown]

Look twice people before trusting them
I was SO clueless in my life and good heart people protect me from the bad ones in some stages of my life
But! When you are innocent you trust at first sight when you fall in love
So I was so f$&@& up because of my innocence so I decided not to trust automatically and look TWICE
How they behave with animals
How they respond into poverty (I hate when people treats horribly the homeless ones)
How they words are consistent and coherent
How they talk about opposite humans (e.g gender, social class, ethnicity, religion, country, etc)
If someone failed once in that points okay, but if turns a feature of their personality I'm automatically OFF and next
So look TWICE you can trust, from your feelings, secrets, body and spirit

 

[outrider567]

That long term companionship with the right one is the best thing on Earth

 

[Pjbaker09]

Life sucks. We work to pay bills, retire and die at the desk….so much to look forward to when one starts work at 45. I will never be able to stop working unless I die.

 

[BEATNGU]

"Believe only half of what you see and nothing that you hear." Best advice this one ever got.

 

[chyme]

there is no rock bottom.

 

[Journeytoletgo]

1. Pay attention to peoples actions it tells you how they feel about you
2. Build yourself up because no one else will
3. Strong boundaries

STAY a virgin until you're emotionally and financially mature enough to date

 

[Medicmedic72]

there is no rock bottom.

There is, but when I hit it my family started digging deeper for me.

 

[samishii]

1. I should've died sooner.
2. Nobody stays, even if someone doesn't leave you, there'll be a time when you'll see people change, change in ways you wouldn't like.
3. Never be dependent on anybody, for anything. I didn't learn this soon enough, and feel like I am facing the consequences now.
4. It only gets worse over time, not better.

There is, but when I hit it my family started digging deeper for me.

Agreed

 

[TrynaChingMyself]

1. If you can be anything in this world, be kind. Being judgemental is not a good trait.
2. It's okay to give a shit about how you look/dress. Shoes are a lifestyle, Buy Jordans by any means necessary.

 

[its-about-time]

That nothing really matters. It's all made up, it's all a joke, it's all a coping mechanism. No reason for anything.

 

[Ashu]

Be bold, but know your limitations.

 

[jamie_]

don't

 

[GreenTree]

Try your best to be a good person. Hard to do though as so many temptations in the world. I think your born with or without wisdom.

 

[Lost.]

That doctors and big pharma KILL people

 

[wait.what]

People are the experts on their own lives, so believe what they say about their experiences. I mean, maybe not if they're trying to sell you swamp land in Florida, but that's not what I'm talking about. If someone tells you they had a terrible thing happen to them, you don't need to run your mouth about how they really didn't, they're exaggerating, they're looking for attention, their abuser or oppressor is a living saint because reasons, blardy-blar-blar-blar. If you've got nothing else constructive to say, just tell them: "I'm sorry to hear that happened," and shut up.

 

[dropintheocean]

1. Life is precious.
2. Dont take health for granted.
3. Everyone is operating on their level of awareness.
4. Impermanence of all things.
5. True nature of mind is clear awareness and love.
6. Be compassionate.

 

[befree]

"What is the biggest life lesson you have learned?" Trust no one but yourself !