What's the best advice you've ever been given?

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Hard to say what the best was... these are a couple, I hope "the best" comes back to me.

Be true to yourself.

Stay hydrated.

 

 

 

"Love them all, trust a few, and always paddle your own canoe"

(from a bathroom wall) 

"He's a Nice Relative,  but don't ever loan him any money."

"She's pretty cute,  but Bow-Legged."

"See that Clock?  That's my Clock.  I'm having a very Psychedelic Experience."

Some stuff I recall my Mom saying.  Been Dead over 20 years now.  She told me all sorts of stuff,  but those are some good ones. The clock thing is when She was about to drop Dead in the hospital.
 

I took the Clock off the wall and showed it to Her, back and front, explaining that it was a common battery-operated Wall Clock.
In retrospect,  perhaps I should have read Her some verse of Scripture,  but that was about all I could manage at the time.

She was attempting to explain Her near-Death comprehension of Psychedelia and Clocks,  and I was trying to reassure Her that the tick-tock World would last another Day.

There was no reason for me to argue one way or another about the Nature of Time and Psychedelia,  but I told Her not to worry.

A couple that come to mind right way...

"Don't give people what they want, give 'em what they SHOULD want."

"It's OK. We learn as we go."

And one I came up with myself, that I remind myself of all the time...

"If they didn't get it, you didn't explain it right."

Oh, and the time my friend said, "You really need to go see the Grateful Dead. It's a whole different thing when you're in the room."

THAT was good advise.

Ooh, here's another good one...

"Don't give your life to rock 'n roll..... but come close!"

Sun Screen

Be open to forgiveness

Not really advice...maybe more of  motto etc

 

Youth is a state of mind, not a time of life.

My oldest brother Bob (RIP) came over to my place at 8 am on a Saturday when I was a late teenager and saw Greg and I sleeping off a night of taking LSD.

He got us up and gave us a lecture of wasting away a beautiful Saturday just because we nibbled on a lil candy the night before.

His advice is to at least double up if not tipple up and make it the best Saturday ever.

We did as told and it did turn out to be a humdinger of a day.

To this day I never waste a Saturday sleeoing it off, If we indulge on a Friday make sure Saturday and Sunday is open for fun and recovery.

 

Let it grow.

Measure twice; cut once.

 

Maybe not the best advice ever, but has consistently proven itself to be very good advice.

Make a plan.

 Have a goal.

 

never use your fist as a ball peen hammer 

Don’t lend what you can’t afford to give away.

Stay away from the zone, it'll rot your brain kid

It was 1970 and I had just discovered cannabis.  My brother, who is 4 years older than me, advised:

"Don't try heroin, you might like it."

Bang as many chicks as you can after a break up, it makes one feel better.

The Lord loves a working man

Don't trust whitey

See a doctor and get rid of it.

Don't panic.

My Father told me once "Do your Best'

Since that day I Always do

Momma told me ,when I was a bored little kid

"Go do something"

haven't been bored since

 

'Hold your breath under water' 

Obviously there's no disputing the literal meaning but this was said in the context of: read the situation that you're in and react accordingly.  

Dad........"don't behave like or hang around dumbasses" (not sure how that one turned out)

              - "don't work too hard and don't worry, neither is good for anyone, ever"

 

great advice from a friend and a personal favorite, wonderfully simple...

"enjoy the day"

 

Look both ways before crossing the street.

"Don't pee into the wind."

My Dad told me that when I was a little kid, hiking in Steinbeck country.

That's the oldest bit of advice that I can remember.

I follow his advice to this day.

Hey Johnny D! I'm happy to share that time stamp with you. smiley

 

Is GTTS missing from this thread?

Quit Zoning and grab the broom!

Keep your head down.

Stretch your hamstrings every day if you don't want back pain

Tell the truth about what you see and what you do. There is an army depending on us for correct information. You can lie all you please when you tell other folks about the Rangers, but don't never lie to a Ranger or officer.

 

Don't cross a river by regular ford.

If somebody's trailing you, make a circle, come back onto your own tracks, and ambush the folks that aim to ambush you.

don't eat yellow snow.

^

Bingo!

Live that Life

"Whatever you do, take care of your shoes."

 

"live while you are alive"

Cut the yellow wire.

From my old Scottish father:

"Don't be lazy, don't be weak" 

Served me well - thanks Dad. 

 

The way you feel about yourself dictates everything in your life.

Never miss a Sunday show...

It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought stupid, than to open it and remove all doubt. 

If we take prisoners, we keep 'em separate till we have had time to examine them, so they can't cook up a story between 'em.

Don't sleep beyond dawn. Dawn's when the French and Indians attack.

Go west, young man,

Redd Foxx - "You Gotta Wash Your Ass ".

Dont shit where you eat.

everything you gather is just more that you can lose

Fuck'm if they can't take a joke.

Don't feed the trolls.

Given to me by the Master of ceremonies at a real deal voodoo ritual / in the Bronx

SLOW DOWN 

Don't worry, be happy.

Harder than it sounds.