When you were going through a hard time, what was the best advice you received? Something that encouraged you?

Answer 1

"This too will pass". Any kind of adversity does straighten a person. You learn from it and will be much more capable to cope with life. Accept that things are precisely how they are meant to be and nothing your can do or say can change that.

Answer 2

Never got advice, but will give you the benefit of my life's experience.
Nothing is to hard to handle if we take it one step at a time
Believe in yourself and your abilities
Do not give up when life throws you a curve step up to the bat and make something happen
Never, never give up through persistence you will find a way
Life is part what is handed to us, and what we do with that so make the best of it.
I can accomplish anything with hard work, dedication and the will not to give up
For myself it was not the advice but the fact that I had family and my desire to make sure that they where taken care of above all else. You have to believe in yourself and your abilities and deep inside find a way to overcome any obstacles that have been put in your path. Think of those that need you and ou will find a way

Answer 3

I have been through many difficult times in my life countless of times. And each time I did, I had only to think of my family - my children were then little kids and it made me worked harder. I wasn't close to anyone so I did not have advices from anybody. The thought that if I did not try harder, my children would not have a future to look forward to. My husband on those times was often out of work. He tried opening a business but because of mismanagement, it flopped. I cooked food and sold it to neighbors to augment my income as an employee in an accounting firm. I sold old clothes that we did not have use for anymore. I often cried at night, when the children were all asleep, from self-pity. Sometimes I blamed my husband for our plight.

Anyway, all said and done, I was able to recover from such trying times and my children have finished school and now have jobs of their own.

Answer 4

At the age of 56 I have went through more than my share of hard times.
In all honesty most were nothing more than the result of foolish decisions that had been made years earlier. Such as quitting school.
When I realized that even though those times were hard and there were times when I felt I wouldn't make it through this one, I was still here.
I made it through those times.
Knowing that allows me to rest easy that I will make it through anything.

Answer 5

When I was going through my divorce, I thought the world had ended for me. I was breast feeding a new-born & lost my milk from stress. I couldn't even feed my own child! I moved back in with my parents who let me wallow in my own misery for a few months, then my Dad said to me "what the hell do you think you're doing?" I'm like "what????" He then said quite bluntly, that my child only had me to rely on, and I was letting her down by my own self-pity. He also told me I was a smart woman, & I could think of ways to further my education and support her. It was blunt and harsh, and exactly what I needed.

Answer 6

Ive been to hell and back many times, but nothing anyone would say helped at the time. You just have to work thru it on your own and hope that time comes quickly. Sorry, but thats the way it REALLY goes down.

Answer 7

Best advice....when you write out a check, make it to the next dollar in your checkbook register....so if it's made out for 11.23, in your register, make it for 12.00 and substract.....you'd be surprised in a year how that adds up.....with this advice after i bounced one check at 17, it never happened again. When I saw I had over a hundred dollars at the end of the year........I was highly encouraged to take a small vacation..........lol.....and enjoyed it.

Answer 8

trying writing down 10 things you would like to do in the future
Then Plan how you are going to achieve the goals on your list map out an action plan on how you are going to get there, draw a map and put down all those points, as you reach each point see it as a milestone to where you want to be

Answer 9

Everything happens for a reason, and one day you will look back on this hard time and realize how strong you were.

Answer 10

my father-in -law told me never think you are alone in bad times and be grateful for all you have...I've learned two days from now the problem looks different so I take my time reacting to any problem, most work themselves out