More people should learn this. Just because you have the freedom (of speech) doesn't mean you won't receive backlash and will have to deal with the consequences. Treasure your freedom of speech because it's precious, look what's happening in Hong Kong !

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK! (probably dealing with a bratty kid)

And gives you NO right to jump the queue, receive extra attention or whatever.

And very much real that cannot just magically be cured by being "strong" or a placebo.

as a person with heavy mental health problems I agree. but like to add, saying you are sorry is often not enough, and people doesn't have to forgive you...sometimes you have to live with the consequences all the same

Respect should be earned. Treat people kindly and with dignity.

Love Freddie! R.I.P.

Please read this then read it again and then read it AGAIN if it still doesn't sink in.

Say it louder! And bisexual women do NOT want to have a threesome with their girlfriend and you!!! 🤬🤬🤬

Yes! This should be higher. Religions are an organized set of rules supposedly written by a otherworldly, incorporeal divinity. Stop and think about that for a second. Completely bonkers. It's a club, you go, you follow the rules, you pay the monthly fee, you mingle. If you break the rules you're either shunned away or you can pay an extra and all your sins are forgiven. Really. Bonkers.

Yah I want to be Superman but it doesn't happen

Karma is a sh!tty concept. It leads to thinking if something bad happens to person, they somehow deserved it.

It's no cute either! People need to b careful of their pets nutrition and excersice.

Yep. And it takes a long while to understand that.

Yeah! But doing your best and not succeeding is a lot better than not trying your best and regretting later on.

This is so important. Family members are often bullies you're conditioned to love and respect. If someone makes you feel bad they aren't doing so out of love, so why keep them around? Blood may be thicker than water and so much harder to clean up, but it isn't impossible and, I say it from experience, once you get some distance, they'll go on full surprised Pikachu mode and be twice as vicious about you. Maybe just my relatives.

If someone is not into you as much as yourself, it is okay. Just learn to let go for the sake of your own happiness.

It is important to be kind.

Period.

Karen?

I don't have kids, but it seems to me that a lot of parents act the same as a teenager in love - finding every flaw endearing and thinking that their kid is the most amazing person in the world. I blame hormones.

I'm wrong so often that I've learned to embrace it :D

I'd read that book.

It's our insecurity that makes us do that.

This needs to be higher! So many people think that they can control others or that others can control them. How many times have we said things like "that person made me feel..."? No one can make someone else feel or think anything. We need to learn to take responsibility for our own reactions and responses to others, and to realize that although we may influence others, we can't control them either.

Sometimes? ^^"

Including "being nice".

Whoever says that "things happen for a reason" hasn't a clue about life or doesn't want to know about life. Saying this to a grieving person is pure evil.

I’m afraid this is the Wrong website for that particular hard pill

Sadly. Since my fiance of 14 years died in November 18, I feel like I'm standing still and the world is spinning too fast. Only our close friends and family cares, but it seems to you like the world should stand still for your immense, unbearable pain. And it is unbearable

Some people on BP should also think about this!

Yeah, and it's not the answer.

Unless the situation just maimed you, in which case you working harder won't fix it.

Reminded me of a saying..."if nothing works, do nothing."

And moving on doesn't always mean "forgetting about". Sometimes it just means accepting that it happened and refusing to let it guide your choices.