To be led by love and not judgment.
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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
To let things go.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 28 January 2023 source ↗
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To still be working.
Waitressing. I was so bad. I smashed things. I once mistakenly ordered a very expensive bottle of wine for a table. They thought they were ordering a very average bottle of wine, and I ordered them an £800 bottle and they drank it. I got the sack a few weeks later.
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