DanF

On marital problems;
"Fix this or you will die cold, drunk and alone."

On work/profession;
"This company was here before you were. It will be here after you're gone. You are not that important."

On life;
"Find something that you enjoy doing that will earn a living. Then be the best you can at it."

dormant

From an old friend: When faced with a situation, ask yourself two questions....

1) Is this something I have the power to change?
2) If not, will it matter five years from now?

If not, it might not be that important now!

lovesherman

From Joseph Campbell:

Follow your bliss. You then put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while, waiting for you, and the life that you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in your field of bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be.

southern wife

My Mom always told me "follow your heart".

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Halien

My dad's uncle, Pops, an old native american man who worked in the general store in our town, and always had time for me, said one thing to me when I told him that I was getting married: "Son, after a while, it'll seem like everything she does gets under your skin. When you two disagree, ask yourself one thing: do you want to be right, or do you want sex?"

lamaga

From an early boyfriend..."you cannot control what other people think."

It was a revelation to me at the time, and I've never forgotten it.

joe kidd

From my dad. " If you want it, work for it. The world doesn't owe you a damn thing boy".

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Wing Man

Good thread, and my boss once told me "don't be late again or you're fired" which I thought was great advice.....lol.

joe kidd

Excellent advice. When I became a boss my old one gave some advice I kept in my head. " People fire themselves, we just make it official".

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Browncoat

Best advice I got before I married my wife: Pick your battles.

The idea being you don't always have to try and win every disagreement... just roll with things and only argue if something is of great importance to you.

humanbecoming

That's awesome!

shy_guy

One of my dad's favorites: As I started getting old enough to have a few residual aches and pains reminding me of my recklessness in younger times, I'd sometimes complain about it when he was withing earshot. He's always listen, then respond with, "Well, just think. It doesn't get any better."

Thanks for the encouragement, dad

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#%$@ TAM!!! It was a rooster long before it was an organ!!! FREE THE **** FROM THE EVIL TAM CENSORS!

shy_guy

I don't THINK I have any relatives in Missouri, but WOW! it sounds like we're brothers right there.

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Dolly speaks with a ****ney accent. On the drinks thread, we talk about ****tails. A confident person might be ****-sure. An arrogant person is ****y.

#%$@ TAM!!! It was a rooster long before it was an organ!!! FREE THE **** FROM THE EVIL TAM CENSORS!

Almostrecovered

don't eat yellow snow

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