If you could offer one piece of advice you have learned that could really help someone? What would it be?

We all learn lessons and tidbits of wisdom throughout our lives - sometimes very painful lessons. If you could pull someone aside that was maybe a bit younger than yourself and you wanted to give them the most candid bit of advice about life that you could, what would it be? Maybe a lesson that you wished somebody would have grabbed you and made you listen to a long time ago. Maybe it was something you learned only after living for so many years and seeing the big picture. Maybe it's something that you learned only after it was too late to correct. What if you could share your knowledge with the world and help others do better. I'm curious in a serious way so please keep the one-liners to a minimum.If you could offer one piece of advice you have learned that could really help someone? What would it be?
Courtesy costs nothing so use it freely.


Never criticize someone until you've walked a mile in their footsteps.


Remember, we all share the human condition so respect one another and play nice.


Sadly, old men talk and young men die. It is the way of the world.If you could offer one piece of advice you have learned that could really help someone? What would it be?
Lots of appropriate answers, but here are a few really important ones.





1. Your reputation is all you have, do nothing to have it called into question.





2. You are here on this earth to make it a better place.





3. Nothing is more important than family, love them unconditionally.





4. Never do anything you can't tell your grandmother about!!
Well, you're not going to like this, but..........








There would be no problems anywhere, EVER, if people actually did treat others the way they wanted to be treated.





Life could be SO simple.





AND GOOD.
Respect yourself...if you do then your choices will be wise. Wish I could live by it!
Live life fully and honestly. Change what you can, accept what you cannot change. Be smart enough to know the difference.
Save your money invest in an IRA.


I also heard to Love thy nieghbor thogh sometimes impossible.
I don't know that I could have ever really heard or understood any of the lessons, however wisely imparted. I knew too much already.





I have found the Desiderata to be the most helpful, especially the following stanza:





';You are a child of the universe,/no less than the trees and the stars;/you have a right to be here./And whether or not it is clear to you,/no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should.';
Several things I wish I had learned earlier in life:





It's none of my business what other people think of me. And its corollary that not everyone will like me, it's their problem not mine.





Kindness is just as easy, and often easier than, the reverse; add some to the world every day.





Gossip is always about making ourselves feel better at someone else's expense.....avoid it.
Love Beauty. Anything you do, if you do it with Love, down to the smallest of menial tasks, can be a fulfilling and rewarding experience for you and others.There is Beauty in all things, in all situations, in all people. If you learn to appreciate this beauty, and love it, then your whole life becomes an act of worship, meaningful in and of itself, regardless of any percieved successes or failures. Its as simple as that. Verb and Noun, Yang and Yin, Love Beauty.
There was a man who had four sons.





He wanted his sons to learn not to judge things too quickly, so he sent them each on a quest to go look at a pear tree that was a great distance away.





The first son went in the winter, the second in the spring, the third in summer and the youngest son in the fall.





When they had all gone and come back, he called them together to describe what they had seen.





The first son said that the tree was ugly, bent and twisted.





The second son said, no, it was covered with green buds and full of promise.





The third son disagreed. He said it was laden with blossoms that smelled so sweet and looked so beautiful. It was the most graceful thing he had ever seen.





The last son disagreed with all of them. He said it was ripe and drooping with fruit....full of life and fulfillment.





The man then explained to his sons that they were all right, because they had each seen only one season in the tree's life.





He told them that you can not judge a tree, or a person, by only one season.





The essence of who they are and the pleasure, joy and love that come from life can only be measured at the end, when all the seasons are up.





If you give up when it is winter, you will miss the promise of your spring, the beauty of your summer and the fulfillment of your fall.
I would say that you should always listen to your instincts, especially when it comes to other people. I believe that you pick up ';signals'; or body language from people, sometimes unconsciously, and your mind interprets these signals. Then it warns you if it senses that there's something not right. Sometimes the clues are even more obvious but for whatever reason, you are tempted to ignore them. Don't!!
my friend saw this quote written in an old piece of paper somewhere in her house and she told me about it...





';Ad astra per aspera';





which means





';A rough road leads to the stars';





and i have used it as an advice to myself eversince...it always reminds that if i want something, i should work hard for it...the only way with which you could fine true happiness...
This one actually occurred to me within the last two years...It really hit home...No-one told me about it, I just REALIZED it. It goes like this:


No-one owes you anything. YOU OWE EVERYTHING TO YOURSELF.
If something is worth doing, its worth doing well!
one must listen well before commenting. patience is a great virtue and understanding. try always yourself in anothers position to feel their pain. Empathy ,and tolerance for everyone.
I wish I was told by someone long ago to not take things for granted, and to think very carefully before I do something that may cause harm..to make choices based on how I would like to see things turned out..





basically to appreciate nature, my part in nature, and not to be afraid to live simply..and treat people I don't know and /or understand with respect.