Real Life Advice From Older Folks That Our Generation Actually Needs

There’s something refreshing about getting advice from people who’ve actually lived through a few eras, made mistakes, survived weird decades, watched technology explode, and somehow still know which parts of life are worth caring about.
The real perspectives come from someone who’s been around long enough to see everything come back into style…
So here’s the best life advice Redditors are sharing from the previous generation: honest, straightforward, and surprisingly grounding.
Original question: “Old people of Reddit, what’s your best life advice for the current generation?”
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“My grandmother survived the holocaust, came to the U.S dirt poor and built a prosperous life and business for herself.
On the card she gave me for my high school graduation, she finished with this life advice:
‘We have a responsibility to remember the bad times, even if it hurts us to admit they happened. We have a responsibility to remember the good times, even if it hurts to admit they’re gone. And in times where you don’t know where to go, you need only remember how you got to where you are now.’”