Announcing the winner of 10 SBD from the previous week
The question from the previous week was "What is the most embarrassing thing that's happened to you?" You can read the full post here
The winner was @fernandam who responded with the following:
"We were at a water park during the festive season. My youngest (who was 2 at the time) and I were playing in the toddler pool area. He then screamed from across the small pool that has to go make a poo, and proceeded to drop his pants and make a poo in front of all the moms/dads/toddlers that were there (which were many as it was holiday time). I think I was in shock and thought that it was a dream because I just stood there, mouth open and frozen. I could feel the eyes of hundreds of people looking at me and I think I turned a hundred shades of red in that moment. Thankfully, it was a quick one and I managed to get a grip on myself, hold my head up high and go clean his mess. I was mortified, but the little man didn't see anything wrong with what he did. We vacated that spot and I had a heart-to-heart with him about bowel movements and when to do such things. Man, I laugh now but shit, that was terrible!"
The question for the Steemit community today is: What is the best piece of advice you've ever gotten?
Please include your answers in the comments below. I will be awarding 10 SBD to the best response.
To qualify, you must upvote and resteem this post.
For my next #asksteemit, follow me @nextgen622
I believe that all the best advice is from the One who created everything!
Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself. (Luke 10:27)
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Amen
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That's indeed great advice. Jesus is full of great advice, and the words of the Bible has certainly transformed my life. :)
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“Never lie, steal, cheat, or drink. But if you must lie, lie in the arms of the one you love. If you must steal, steal away from bad company. If you must cheat, cheat death. And if you must drink, drink in the moments that take your breath away”
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I do not know if this other one can participate but it does not matter, I would like to share it:
"To knock at the door is not to enter." It means that sometimes we have to do things Without shame, for example asking for a raise, which would mean that asking for the raise is not bad and that the worst thing that can happen is for him to say "no"
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That's great! Love it. :)
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Yes very true. Thanks for sharing.
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You won sir!
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dont stress before something happens or you will stress 2 times.
not sure if my translation is clear enough but this is the best advice i ever got.
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That's so true. Great advice. A bit like saying don't worry about something before it happens, because it may not and you've stressed over something that didn't happen.
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The best advice I've ever gotten is from the Bible to be honest. It's in Acts 16:31 where the apostles said this to the prison guard: "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shall be saved." This was of course in response to the question that the prison guard had asked the apostles. His question was this: "Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" ◄ Acts 16:30 ► I honestly didn't know how easy it was to get saved!
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"If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair." —C. S. Lewis
Good stuff brother! Upvoted, and resteemed. Also, followed! :]
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Thanks brother. Yes, that's so true. Love C. S. Lewis books.
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I can relate with that quote A LOT! I was raised Muslim myself and came to believe that Islam is a big fat lie and the truth is in the Bible. You can read my testimony on my weblog if you're interested! :) https://whydoibelieveinjesus.wordpress.com/
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Wow, thanks for sharing your blog Markus. Would love to hear more of your story. Followed you here and also on Twitter. Will be reading more of your blog, and would love to chat more about your story. Bless you brother.
PS. Saw that you are also in Aus. :)
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Yeah I noticed that too! I wasn't born here though! You'll read about that in my testimony :P Cheers for the follow mate! I look forward to it. I have been blogging a lot about my spiritual journey. The first post on my weblog is about my background and testimony and the rest are a mixture of theology and apologetics! :)
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I didn't get your follow on Twitter! What's your Twitter id?
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Just sent you a tweet. :)
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Cheers!! Got it! :P
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"You can't control your circumstances but you can control how you react to them."
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My first job was being a sales assisstant in a vintage clothing shop. And one day, my boss with his wife were there and we were talking about some clothing, and he said "You see, young people throw broken things away. When I was younger, we didn't throw broken things away, we tried our best to repair them. Thats why me and my wife are still together after 55 years. And thats why I'm 73 years old, and wearing a Levi's jeans that i got on my 23rd birthday." That was 6 years ago, and still makes me think nowadays :)
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I'm impressed that his jeans size is the same after 50 years!
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well he was about 170cm tall, and very, very skinny:D and the jeans had like a hundred patches on them. I guess he didn't grow much since his 20s:)
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Haha, I wish I had the same body type! To be wearing the jeans I wore as a 23 year old... (though I'm not quite at 73 yet)
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Wow, that's great advice! Congrats on your 55 years being with your wife.
Oops, just realised that was your boss. :)
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The best advice l've ever gotten is to grow in love for God and for others.
If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. 1 Corinthians 13:2
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The best advice I've ever received was probably from my parents. It was to always stay organized. Whether it is with your schedule or your life in general. There have been many expereinces where I would get into many problems for the sole reason of me not bothering to organize my day or setting up a plan for the month.
If you have a written down list of things that you have to do during the day, you will be able to achieve them much easier. You won't have to remember those things in you head and then suffer after forgetting them. As soon as you finished the first task, you check your plan and you move to the next one.
Without doubt, always stay organized in your life. "An organized day leads to organized life."
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"Change your mind, it's OK."
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You must forgive.
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The best advise I ever got was: you can fall, but make sure that you do not fall so hard that you are not able to get back on your feed again.
I have my own business, and somethimes you will have to take Some risks in order to improve or grow. Make sure you are able, if the "bet" Goes wrong that you still are able to proceed your business. Don't make the risk that big that you are not able to move on!
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@nextgen622 thanks for the prize! Hardly win anything and I am so happy that my embarrassing moment may have caused someone to have a giggle (at my expense). Thanks for the opportunity and now thinking of a way to pay this SBD forward.
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You're welcome mate. It was a great story. Certainly gave me a good giggle. Thanks for participating and sharing the story.
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My father use to say to me "Life is short, don't forget to stop and smell the flowers"
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Wait till you see the Lily of the Valley that I saw by the roadside out on my Polish walk later :)
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The Lilly uh? See that's what I mean you can even take a Lilly and make a post out of it!
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They are a rarity in Poland, and it was in a valley too. The beautiful whiteness of the Lily in the Valley ... it'll make you think of your dad later :)
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:)
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Just Do It
Many people are waiting X problem in their lives to go away in order to start Y goal. That day may never come but the day of your demise will. Just do it, problems in tow. Following this really helped me overcome an anxiety disorder to a certain extent. It’s obviously not a miracle drug, but it helps moving in the right direction.
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Oh man that was going to be my answer hhahaha. Thats the best piece of advice, short and resounding.
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Apologies I pre-stole your answer @angelgarz ;)
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I accept it hahahha you were faster. Look at this comment i did yesterday:
https://steemit.com/go/@angelgarz/re-ajaykumar4-start-now-20170609t052740244z
Coincidence? I donk think so :v
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Ha ha! Nice one @angelgarz!!
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The advice from arcades games machines in 80's:
Winners don't use drugs
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FBI, 🤔😅
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Maybe William S Sessions dont exists, perhaps a urban legend, in 80's google dont googles :D
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"Event + Response = Outcome"
Life is full of random events but it is our response that determines the outcome. If adversity is an event and our response is to accept defeat then the outcome is that we will fail. If our response to adversity is to learn from our failure, then the outcome is we will become stronger when we face our next challenge.
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The best advice I've ever gotten is : "don't try to help someone who didn't ask for help" this actually changed my life. I used to go out of my way to help others and sometimes people would not appreciate all the efforts I did in order to help them, my mom, gave me this advice after seeing me exhausted and then I've realized that sometimes it looks like others are going through some hard times but if we help them without them actually requesting for help, they might not need it and actually they may be able to handle the situation better without any help!
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Don´t watch to much TV, it´s bad for your toes.
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lol I like it. :)
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Don't sweat the petty stuff, and don't pet the sweaty stuff.
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Best advise i've ever gotten. "Of all the books in the world, the best stories are found between the pages of a passport" ... cheers @nextgen622 .. i just love joining post like these. up, re & fo
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I like it. Thanks for your very interesting answer.
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"Feelings are feelings, and are neither good nor bad. It's okay to have feelings."
It's very simple, yet was a fundamental shift in my reality. It gave me permission to feel as I felt, and it shifted the way I responded to others as well--giving them permission to feel as they felt. I've found that acknowledging feelings tends to aid in the process of lessening their impact. All it takes is a good, listening friend sometimes.
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Exceptional post and narrative! ☆☆☆☆☆😎
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Thanks @michaelstobiersk
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Great post. can you resteem?
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Thanks. Sure, go for it.
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" We are not meant to be saved by ourselves"
I actually got it in spanish: ¨No estamos destinados a salvarnos solos¨
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"You can live through anything if Magic made it." -Kanye West
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Rarely people hear my advices HAHAHA, so I cannot remember what was THE best advice that I gave, but recently I realized that inviting people to join Steemit has change their lifes and also mine, to me it was like a good action but also an advice, the way that they organize their time on the internet and how productive they can be sharing their thoughts and content. I'm not a very well speaker in english but I hope that my message keep clear!. Thanks for these initiatives.
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Only "Losers" take advice, "Doers" take feedback..!! I think that was one piece of advice I still remember I got from my boss on 1st day at the job.
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"Don't interfere in others lives" i heard on some tv show.
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"Don't help people if they didn't ask you to."
"Opportunities multiply as they are seized."
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how are the winners selected by votes I take it?
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The winner will be my favorite comment. I will take into consideration the votes, but it's ultimately what I perceive to be the best response.
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Ok, Thanks for your reply :)
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" I find it abhorrent to simply live out my life for no other reason than I was born into it."
-Griffith from japanese manga Berserk.
this quote and advice pretty much changed my life.
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"...this number is your followers. This is the most important number on the entire site. Far more important than the number of your rewards or anything else." Courtesy of the wise @lovejoy.
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Some months ago a friend gave me some words of advice that now I use as a motto: Your tranquility is priceless. At that time I was going through a breakup of a 4 year old relationship with a boy I no longer knew, because he changed. I'm not saying that change is a bad thing, but a lot of the things he did didn't bring me tranquility. I didn't feel safe, appreciated, or trusted him anymore.
And you're probably asking why I was with a relationship with someone like him? Well it was because I was in love with the person he used to be and I believed he could be that person again, but I realized that wouldn't happen when he finally cheated on me with several other girls.
And yes, my tranquility is priceless. Nobody should fell asleep wondering if they are being loved or not.
If something, anything, doesn't make you feel secure or in peace, you don't need it.
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