After all that you have experienced, what advice would you give a young person?

Answer 1

That every day comes to an end. Whether good or bad, time passes. Let go of what doesn't matter, hold on to what does.

Answer 2

Don't give up, don't give in.

Life is not bad, but it's not easy.

Adults really do know more than you do.

Adults already know what you are up to--they did it when they were your age.

You are the future, act like it.

Learn all you can while you are young. You'll remember it better, and even if it seems pointless today, when you have kids of your own, you can help them with their homework.

Love, laugh, and live. It's what will help you get through the day.

Don't sweat anything. It all fades away with time.

Please don't feel distressed to the point of depression. There is always someone out there to help you out.

SMILE

Answer 3

Oh, there's so much!!! I suppose number one would be take care of your health, and most especially, don't let yourself get fat. Morbid obesity is a snowball effect (go ahead and deal with the puns there), where the heavier you get, the harder it is to get exercise, and the more depressed you get which makes you eat for "comfort," and you get even less exercise, and on and on until your body is out of control and you hate yourself. Pulling out of that pit is a very big job.

Second, learn to love to learn. Use your brain, use it for the sheer pleasure of finding you really do understand something you thought when you started was beyond you. Read things that take concentration, and watch non-fiction on TV and DVD at least as much as fiction.

Learn to see things with a skeptical eye. Don't believe everything you see or hear. Test it, reason about it, question it, mull it over in your own mind and talk it over with others whose judgment you respect.

Don't take any notice of IQ scores. All they tell you is how well you take IQ tests, and almost nothing about how that correllates with any other ability.

As Dumbledore said, "It's our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."

Learn about ethics and morals, and take seriously the idea that you need to make your own decisions and accept the consequences. Don't try to put the blame on anyone else, even if you think they are at least partially responsible. Just learn from your mistakes, and whenever possible, learn from other people's mistakes so you don't have to make them. (That's why I started with my mistake from which you can learn.)

Don't forget to laugh and smile and hear the music.

And still, "The greatest thing you will ever learn is just to love and be loved in return." (Nature Boy)

Answer 4

First I would say, keep on open mind and be ready to accept ideas that don't always agree with yours.
Respect others and they will respect you.
Don't be too high and mighty, be big enough to apologise if you are in the wrong, and be ready to ask for advice when its needed.
Don't be a poor loser or a gloat when you win.
Put the work in when you are young and you will benefit as you get older.
Look after your health - its one of your first responsibilities.
Finally remember this old saying - if you lay down with dogs you will get up with fleas - in other words surround yourself with good people.

Answer 5

don't do drugs the effects of years of use are not very nice. learn a trade so you can take of yourself. don't let anyone talk you into anything, your parents are doing the best they know how to, when you get older you'll see that they are human, try to get along with your siblings so you can be friends as adults. sometimes i wish i could go back and do it over but i cant so on i go. and remember this too shall pass

Answer 6

1. Obey the Laws.
2. Avoid Drama - it's not needed and it will just create tension internally and externally.
3. Have Fun - try to enjoy everything that you do, you only get one ride on this coaster.
4. Love your friends and keep them close - they are the ones that will be there when you need support. if they are not, they are not your friends.
5. Love your family more

Answer 7

Love is the electricity of the soul - the only energy-replenishing thing and that which makes life fun and worth living. Learn how to love, and what impedes love.

Also, you can't turn off aspects of reality by declaring yourself immune to them or above them. Hurtful things DO hurt, and your reputation matters to you and how you are seen by others, all those things do matter. If you hurt others or act like a prick, you'll feel like a prick - that or you'll feel nothing -

those things.

Answer 8

well i am still young but after wat i've done in my past i would just tell all youngsters to get there education n not get out of school n for the young girls dont get carried away with a boy all they do is going 2 mess u up in ur school u cant concentrate right so just stay in school n dont drop out its the best wen u kno u have a sucessful life

Answer 9

Well I don't know how young you are but, file this away for when it's appropriate:
Don't wait until you're "ready" to have kids. You'll never be ready.

Peace to you.

Oh, and be careful when you're unwinding a strand of 100,000 firecrackers...especially when someone else is blowing off things around you.

Answer 10

Don't get caught in consuming goods at an early age,work save and invest, and by the time you're thirty to thirty five you could do all those things you wanted to and more.