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 life is tough and unfair; that life is beautiful.
The Q&A, The Guardian, 30 September 2023 source ↗
Living life to the full, not having regrets and not trying to plan your future too much. Just enjoy every minute.
Healthy body and a healthy mind – very simple.
To do the very best you can and then let it go.
Don’t answer every question you’re asked.
Being about nine metres away from a polar bear. In northern Canada, a young polar bear was very intrigued by our food. I was flying the drone at the time and the polar bear looked up and started paying attention, so then we flew the drone further away and he followed it while we got into our vehicles.
Lack of confidence in speaking to the opposite sex.
Not being honest.
My last dance with Jowita, my dance partner. It’s been an emotional rollercoaster; she’s taught me so much about myself and I grew as a result. I’m more confident, more understanding, more respectful, more attuned with myself and others, more mentally strong.
Natural, caring, thoughtful.
There’s a tweet somewhere saying, “If you like Africa so much, why don’t you go back there.” It was because I dedicated one of my dances to my three mothers – Mother Africa, Mother Nature and my mother.
Terry Pratchett, Michael Flatley, Bear Grylls, Ed Harris, Ram Dass, Meghann Fahy
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