When you go skydiving, you drive to an airport, go up in a plane, and then come down under a parachute. Statistically, the plane is safer than the car; the parachute, safer than the plane. The scariest part is actually the safest.

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Wisdom of The Crowd

Teach me something practical or profound in 3 sentences.

7v7

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The Queue (Or taking time to listen...)

Give advice in a form that people can take it.

Folks of all ages have long preferred that words be colorless, odorless, and tasteless.

Accordingly, the piece that follows is nearly invisible...

07.29.2024

Wisdom of The Crowd challenge @RandallO

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Wisdom of The Crowd

Teach me something practical or profound in 3 sentences.

Tamaracian

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Just…

Take a second to stop, it’ll clarify your immediate future.

Take a deep breath to settle your mind, it’ll build confidence that you’ll be okay.

Take a step, even if only a small one, to move forward, it’ll validate your decision.

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Wisdom of The Crowd

Teach me something practical or profound in 3 sentences.

SonicSloth

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My childhood home was a crack den, and my mother slipped me one of her pills.

Today, a decade later, she is in prison and I'm celebrating my third month sober.

One of the greatest injustices of my life isn't what she did to me, but that her actions are still my responsibility.

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Wisdom of The Crowd

Teach me something practical or profound in 3 sentences.

Xylem

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Easy to Remember Survival Foods of North America

For vitamins and greens, wild roses are edible, petals, hip and leaf, as well as their cousins, raspberry and blackberry. For protein and fat, the abundantly available acorn can be made palatable if soaked in a running stream to release the tannins. Skunk cabbage, queen annes lace (wild carrot), dandelion, and burdock all have nutritious starchy roots that will help give you much needed energy to survive the long days lost in the wilds.