What Word of Advice would you give Your Younger Self?

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Walking through the Louvre, then the Tuileries gardens, followed by lacing along the river to the Pont Alexander III bridge at sunset. The view spectacular being with Sacha put the extra kick to my step.

 

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Sacha graduates next month, his voice was filled with uncertainty, hopes, nerves, melancholy… The natural state of affairs when one takes seriously their journey and wonders as far as they can see: What next?

Mother and son walking at the end of the day, trusting that tomorrow will come.

 

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We took a drink.

People watched.

I admired with Moustache.

 

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Listen and be.

Let the rawness of uncertainty sit at your feet, let it pinch you so it moves you, but do not let it cripple you.

Life is before him with its balancing act of holding on and letting go. Scary sometimes, beautiful most of the time, and full of surprises constantly.

 

Profiteroles

 

A long walk

with intense conversation of all that wonderful life stuff,

makes dinner bell sing.

French Brasserie Flo

http://www.brasserieflo-paris.com/en/

 

What word of advice would you give your younger self?

 

 



Comments

24 responses to “What Word of Advice would you give Your Younger Self?”

  1. I think I would say that it is okay to work really hard but not to be overly serious.

  2. I think it wouldn’t matter because my younger self was too headstrong to listen to advice from others, even myself.

  3. Two favorites:
    Don’t let the good things in life rob you of the best things in life.
    Words: before spoken you are their master. Once said, you are their slave.

  4. blissfarmantiques@gmail.com

    Take risks, be adventurous, ask yourself “what do I really, really want to do? Then do it! Don’t worry, it’s all going to work out just fine. Even when some things fail, when you stub your toe and think “Damn! I wish I hadn’t done that!” It’s ok, the mistakes are learning experiences.

  5. blissfarmantiques@gmail.com

    One more thing, is that Sacha on the pedestal (photo with Eiffel Tower?) :)lol

  6. Build lasting relationships, travel more, don’t worry so much about money, recognize that you are ok just the way you are.

  7. Different time, different place, so advice that in retrospect I’d have given my younger self wouldn’t necessarily be relevant even to me, let alone others, now.
    Or maybe that’s the point: That it’s such an individual thing.

  8. Leslie in Oregon

    Get to know your mother while there still is time. She needs you and has much to give.

  9. I would tell my younger self to have more patience, especially with loved ones, and to listen more carefully to their advice. I would also tell my younger self not to be quite so independent and self-assured.

  10. This is a great one. I only started to do that toward the end of my mother’s life, far too late. There was so much I never took the time to understand.

  11. Believe in yourself.

  12. Do not worry about the future. Use your energy to identify strategies about things that you can DO that might impact your future positively instead.

  13. Amen.

  14. Savor each moment and leap, take risks, and enjoy the adventure,laugh!

  15. Have a plan but be open to the twist turns be flexible with the plan and revise as needed and TRUST YOUR GUT!!

  16. Sharon Nicholes

    Don’t rush through your life, enjoy ever thing you experience. Listen better to wise family, but still plot your own course.

  17. Know God and trust Him more!

  18. Embrace adventure. Take risks. Follow your heart. Think about what you want to do; not what you think you should do. Drink in every experience. Fall in love with possibilities every day.

  19. Be gentle with yourself.
    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.
    max ehrmann

  20. Can you be my Dad? Keep the sage wisdom coming!

  21. Don’t color your hair from a box. Pay a professional. lol!

  22. I would say
    go for what you want vs what you think you can do
    think itt through
    do less feel more

  23. Janet Eiffel

    I missed this post, so I’m a day late,
    my computer was ill.
    I would have said this to myself …….
    Let someone love you !

  24. Don’t feel guilty about having fun!

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