What is the most important lesson life has taught you?

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You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.

Recorded Shobna Gulati said elsewhere, not written here
If somebody doesn’t want to understand or see you that’s on them. You don’t have to carry that with you.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 October 2025 source ↗

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That we are all no more and no less than a single thread in a gigantic web of life. What we do and how we behave has repercussions for the entire web.
Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 January 2023 source ↗

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