What is the best advice that you have been given?

An old Bill Shankly one:
"It's not what you've done today that is important tomorrow, it's what you do tomorrow."
 
Do not burn yourselves out. Be as I am - a reluctant enthusiast....a part-time crusader, a half-hearted fanatic. Save the other half of yourselves and your lives for pleasure and adventure.Enjoy yourselves, keep your brain in your head and your head firmly attached to the body, the body active and alive, and I promise you this much; I promise you this one sweet victory over our enemies, over those desk-bound men and women with their hearts in a safe deposit box, and their eyes hypnotized by desk calculators. I promise you this; You will outlive the b***ds
 
For me, it was words of wisdom rather than advice that had an impact on my life.

After my wife had finished uni and became an English/ History teacher and we now had two wages coming in. My father in law
started to urge us to get out of renting and to buy a home.
He started to take us to outer Sydney suburbs where land and house packages were more affordable and within our means.
We went along with it for some while but just knew that it wasn't where we wanted to be. We had lived in the beachside eastern
suburbs as well as most of our families and friends and also our jobs were based in the eastern suburbs.

It was left to me to break the news to him that I was going to spend all our savings and take his daughter to see the sights of England instead.
After he had wasted so much time and effort in his quest, I was expecting a bit of a roasting from him.

Instead, He calmly and simply said " well son, when you get old like me and you look back through your life, you find that you never
regret the things that you did, but, you always regret the things that you didn't do." So you go ahead and give my daughter that
wonderful something that I didn't get to do.

At the time, I had no idea how many times in my future life I would recall those words not only for myself but also to the many
younger workmates who sought me out to seek my advice over the years.

Thanks Dad, I may have looked at you blankly when you uttered those words but they have remained with me ever since, such
was their importance and impact.
RIP Dad.
 
redblood said:
For me, it was words of wisdom rather than advice that had an impact on my life.

After my wife had finished uni and became an English/ History teacher and we now had two wages coming in. My father in law
started to urge us to get out of renting and to buy a home.
He started to take us to outer Sydney suburbs where land and house packages were more affordable and within our means.
We went along with it for some while but just knew that it wasn't where we wanted to be. We had lived in the beachside eastern
suburbs as well as most of our families and friends and also our jobs were based in the eastern suburbs.

It was left to me to break the news to him that I was going to spend all our savings and take his daughter to see the sights of England instead.
After he had wasted so much time and effort in his quest, I was expecting a bit of a roasting from him.

Instead, He calmly and simply said " well son, when you get old like me and you look back through your life, you find that you never
regret the things that you did, but, you always regret the things that you didn't do." So you go ahead and give my daughter that
wonderful something that I didn't get to do.

At the time, I had no idea how many times in my future life I would recall those words not only for myself but also to the many
younger workmates who sought me out to seek my advice over the years.

Thanks Dad, I may have looked at you blankly when you uttered those words but they have remained with me ever since, such
was their importance and impact.
RIP Dad.
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Thanks for sharing that , it’s very touching
 
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