The question
What lesson has mattered most in your life?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Verbatim recurring item in The Guardian Q&A; two fully readable publisher-hosted respondent pages establish institutional recurrence.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
Genuine love is given freely, not by force.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 14 June 2025 source ↗
All our tombs will be unvisited in a few years - all our actions will mostly be unremembered - but the smile you gave the checkout lady or the kind words you gave to a stranger in the street could still be rippling forward. We all have that opportunity and it's a huge power.
Your lowest moment is temporary.
A close, loving family and work position in society which is meaningful, which is about making the world a better place rather than getting a bigger - having a bigger bank account.
Want for your brothers and sisters what you want for yourself.
Being delusional and dreaming big.
Getting rid of my phone.
A year ago. My understanding of what love is has changed immensely since.
None! We shouldn’t shame people for not having read “the greats”. There are always new greats emerging that may feel more relevant to our life experience, particularly female writers.
Cheerful, sensitive, sassy.
Working at a petrol station.
Michael Flatley, Terry Pratchett, Bear Grylls, Ram Dass, Ed Harris, Marcus Mumford
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