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.
That everything happens for a reason.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 3 February 2024 source ↗
That I am not wise.
To stand up tall and aim for what you want.
Offer kindness always.
To trust in the process.
Working as a waitress in a cocktail bar in Shoreditch, London.
When I was 17, my friends and I threw a fashion show for a breast cancer charity. Breast cancer is something my mum went through when I was 14, so prevention is very close to my heart. Our singer, who was performing during the fashion show, dropped out at the last minute so I had to step in. It’s on video, and my sister always brings it up.
I wish I could be more patient. I always want things to get done or happen now.
So many things. Every headline in the newspaper, global warming … the list goes on.
Every time I go on a plane I feel awful about it. So for me, and everyone in the world, being able to board an electric plane would be really cool.
Silly, loving and, as an Aries, passionate.
Matthew Modine, Edward Enninful, Jo Nesbø, Bobbi Brown, Kerry Godliman, John Simm
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