If the younger would hear, what would you say?

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atwhatcost

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I come from a large family. Some of my brothers have kids. I married a guy in a large family, all his brothers and sisters have kids. Most of those kids now have kids. (Please understand that means they aren't kids in the traditional sense of the word. I'm a kid, so Dad keeps telling me. lol) I go to several sites online with younger folks on them. (At my age, roughly 3/5ths of the Internet population is younger folks. lol) My heart breaks for so many of them, because they rarely seem to get that we're trying to have them avoid many of the stupid things we did as kids.

So, yeah. If the younger people in your life would truly hear you, what would you tell them?

Here are the conditions I ask -- don't name names and don't tell how you know the person. Just tell the words of love you'd give them, if only they would hear. And, make it personal. This isn't about teaching all young people something. It's about teaching someone you love something specific.

(I just gave the words I'd say if the person would hear, if you want an example of what I mean. I'll probably give other advice later.)
 
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NewWine

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Hmmmm

I think i would first tell them that their parents are just people trying to make it through this life the best way they can, and just like the kids mess up, make bad choices and so on, so do parents. Try to understand this when they feel their parents were too strict or whatever.

Just because someone disagrees with them, that doesn't make the other a bad person.
Don't Judge people, because every pancake has two sides.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
Go be physical today! Tomorrow will be too late!
Show people love who you don't feel deserve it...it just makes ya feel good.
But most of all....Talk to God. He loves you enough to send His son to save your soul!! He will reveal himself in a way you can see, and you will feel better after.
Peace!!
 
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mystikmind

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Learning how to avoid all those mistakes in life is a bit like a ballet dance.

You cannot teach someone how to do ballet with just words, they need practice! Such is life :)
 
Joidevivre

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Take piano lessons.
It will teach you perseverance, and self-discipline.
It will develop muscular strength and eye/brain/hand coordination. It will help you text faster someday.
It will be a place to express all your emotions freely without a word. You can even cry while playing.
You will have a better sense of rhythm.
It will teach you that it is okay to hit a few "wrong" notes - it doesn't always ruin a song.
It will give you something to lose yourself in when stressed.
It is fun to master a song that you thought you would never play.

You will be admired - and invited to many parties.
You might even make a few $$ if you put a cup out.
 
Willie-T

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It's not your grandfather's life (including church). Don't try to live like it is.
 
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Sirk

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Learn and put into practice, everything there is to know about being emotionally intelligent and the bible is the authority on emotional intelligence.
 
Joidevivre

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On the more serious side, I tell my grandkids to always be themselves. That they are unique and like none other. I want them to know how much the Lord delights in them. Once they can sense that delight, all else falls more easily in place.
 
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mystikmind said:
Learning how to avoid all those mistakes in life is a bit like a ballet dance.

You cannot teach someone how to do ballet with just words, they need practice! Such is life :)
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Not all, since we didn't make every single mistake, and they are not us, so they'll find their own way to mistakes, but some would be ice to avoid. lol
 
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atwhatcost

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Joidevivre said:
Take piano lessons.
It will teach you perseverance, and self-discipline.
It will develop muscular strength and eye/brain/hand coordination. It will help you text faster someday.
It will be a place to express all your emotions freely without a word. You can even cry while playing.
You will have a better sense of rhythm.
It will teach you that it is okay to hit a few "wrong" notes - it doesn't always ruin a song.
It will give you something to lose yourself in when stressed.
It is fun to master a song that you thought you would never play.

You will be admired - and invited to many parties.
You might even make a few $$ if you put a cup out.
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You an text faster by taking piano lessons? Wow! I just learned something new. lol
 
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Don't marry someone just to avoid being lonely in your old age. Don't marry someone to change them. Marry someone who knows she can't change you either. Marry someone you can't live without, because if you marry to avoid loneliness or to change her, you will be both lonely and peeved you ever met her before you hit old age.
 
Joidevivre

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atwhatcost said:
You an text faster by taking piano lessons? Wow! I just learned something new. lol
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Well, 10 years on the piano helped me to type 110 wpm. And do shorthand 120 wpm. I hate texting (don't want to be that convenient for people probably) - but it would be fast.

To answer your question seriously, it does take about 6 or 7 years before you reach the pinnacle of speed you could get to. Every year after that just keeps it going.
 
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psalm6819

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It sounds simplicity but I'd tell them talk to God everyday like He's your bf and He will be.
 
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atwhatcost

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For someone in my family:
One of the best advice I read I discovered in Reader's Digest when I was 18.
When you are 20, you worry about what everyone else is thinking of you.
When you are 40, you stop carrying what others are thinking of you.
When you are 60, you discover no one was thinking of you.

This has freed me often in life.
 
Reborn

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Think and act like an adult in life.

....but enter into learning about God, like a child.


They might be confused at first, but they'll eventually get it. :)
 
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Reborn said:
Think and act like an adult in life.

....but enter into learning about God, like a child.


They might be confused at first, but they'll eventually get it. :)
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we could use a lot more of this around here.
 
Joidevivre

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Reborn said:
Think and act like an adult in life.

....but enter into learning about God, like a child.


They might be confused at first, but they'll eventually get it. :)
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Reborn - this is such an important teaching. But you have to have a childlike spirit to "get it"
 
Wornwarrior

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To earnestly seek out a relationship with Jesus Christ and to nurture that relationship above all else.
 
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iveseenworse

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Seek to learn how deep God's love can be, you won't, but try. then share what you learned to make heaven crowded.
 
Willie-T

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atwhatcost said:
For someone in my family:
One of the best advice I read I discovered in Reader's Digest when I was 18.
When you are 20, you worry about what everyone else is thinking of you.
When you are 40, you stop carrying what others are thinking of you.
When you are 60, you discover no one was thinking of you.

This has freed me often in life.
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I think it works at any age......

"We would worry a lot less what other people think of us if we only knew how seldom they do."
 
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mystikmind

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atwhatcost said:
Not all, since we didn't make every single mistake, and they are not us, so they'll find their own way to mistakes, but some would be ice to avoid. lol
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There were many mistakes i never made growing up because i always had a very logical mind, but in the end i think that turned out to be a mistake because i did not get to experience and learn like i needed to, now that's irony! lol
 
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