Women have always tried to give some sage advice to the generation that comes after them. Here are the 25 nuggets of wisdom we have selected for you.
American writer Mary Catherine Bateson once said, "We are not what we know but what we are willing to learn." We learn from the nuggets of wisdom left by those who came before us. As for women, they have always tried to give some sage advice to the generation that comes after them. An example of it was seen when u/squirrellyhehefeind posted, "What's a mantra or phrase you once heard or read and stick by till this day?" on Reddit's r/AskWomen community. Women came up to the comments section and served answers to those who were looking for one. These helpful suggestions or mantras comprise different things, such as how anxiety affects our intuition, how reacting might not be the best response, being our truest self, taking care of our well-being and so on. These nuggets of wisdom could not have been more beautiful and therefore, we bring the best 25 to you:
"Don't react; respond. It made dealing with life less chaotic." - u/DuckBeginning4572
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"Anxiety is not intution." - u/clicktrackh3art
"Communication won't help when the other person doesn't even care to hear you." - u/To_enrich_my_life_17
"Nothing in nature blooms all year round, why should you?" - u/dead-since2003
"Hanlon's razor: Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity." - u/ErrantJune
"I only saw it yesterday, but I reckon it's gonna stick with me; it was this woman talking about her inner critic, and when you're telling yourself 'no one wants you there, they only invited you to be nice.' And she went 'cool, so they're nice.'" - u/CosmicGlitterCake
"Don't light yourself on fire to keep others warm." - u/Cyberpunk_Princess
"You can't pour from an empty cup." -u/wineisasalad
"Anything worth doing, is worth doing poorly." - u/bogeysandwine
"Not my monkeys, not my circus!" - u/MatterInitial8563
"Be interested not interesting. Life is easier that way."u/YastoOTF
"This feeling is uncomfortable, but I can make space for it." - u/jenxxh
"No matter how hot, attractive, nice, smart, witty, and perfect, you think somebody is. Somewhere, there's a person who's sick of their sh*t." - u/brokebuttnotbroken
"If it will not matter in 5 years, don’t worry that much about it now.'"- u/denisaona
"When they show you who they are believe them the first time." - u/pishposh86
"Someone once told me the definition of hell: on your last day on Earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become." - u/sunnybunnybunbun
"This too shall pass." - u/mtamfam1020
"Forgiveness means giving up all hope of a better past." - u/qisfortaco
"Every storm runs out of rain." - u/cold-cheesecake2084
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional." - u/saintedstars
"It's not your fault, but it's your responsibility." - u/violetsummershine
"There are only three people whose opinion of you matters: yourself at age 9, yourself now, and yourself at age 90." - u/TurquoiseNostalgia
"Your anxiety isn’t about what is going to happen, it’s about what did happen." - u/notearlyenoughsalt
"Go where you’re celebrated, not where you’re tolerated." - u/mayfeelthis
"Find out who you are and do it on purpose." - u/jsjh