But then at the same time, at the end of the day, I'm grateful to God for the amount of strength and patience that he gave me to deal with what I had to deal with in my younger days. Not saying that everything was bad, but every so often, you know, you have your challenges. So I'm just grateful to God to get me through that and let me see the light at the end of the tunnel
Renee Slay
@Renee_Slay · 1:31
And when you grow up, don't accept less than you give in love because you think you need it so badly that you'll accept any kind. I would remind her of her worth constantly and let her know that there are other people in the world like her and she is worthy of them. Best of just hold on. So really deep. So I appreciate you posting it. Thank you again. Bye
Al Cosby
@Cosbyal4165 · 1:12
You're. Good morning, Renee Al Khazbi here. I wanted to tell you how much I appreciate your reply and I like your little childhood photo. You cute little girl there. I see that. But that is definitely some great advice that you would give to yourself if you could speak to your younger self. That is just more so
Collin Harbour
@harbourtime · 2:44
I never really placed a big emphasis on money, and that shows sometimes because I've always been under the impression that it's not everything. That's the way I was raised. And it's not everything, but it is important. And that's something that younger people need to remember, is that you can pursue things, you can work hard, you can play hard, but save some money. Put some money in the bank. You might need it for a rainy day
Al Cosby
@Cosbyal4165 · 2:17
But the blessing in that is that I was still able to go on and finish. And of course, my family was proud because I'm the baby and the family, so not everybody has their degrees and everybody works and everything. But that sort of hit home for me when you just said not to be afraid to ask for help, but then also give help when it's asked for. So, I mean, that was definitely great. And I had to tell you how much I enjoyed that
DAYDAY Mcclenton
@KINGPOPOFLA · 1:44
You, man, that is a deep question. But what I would tell my younger self, knowing that you're going to grow up, you're going to hit some obstacles, you're going to think you ain't going to be able to make it through it, but you are because you're a strong person and God got you at no given cost. Don't you never think God don't have you. Accept the Lord in your life and everything will be all right
Al Cosby
@Cosbyal4165 · 1:04
Like you said, it's always good to keep God not just in your life, but just to make Him a priority. And definitely let your younger self understand that you're going to have times in your life where you're going to fall, but then them beauty part is just getting up and then when you get up, you're going to have some experience too. And like it says in the Bible, that we remain door for a night, but joy cometh in the morning
Erica Jean
@HeyItsErica · 2:59
And like you said, I can't say that I had a terrible childhood. I didn't have a terrible childhood. I went through what most children and teenagers go through. So the one thing that I can say is I would tell my younger self, don't invest too much energy into people who showed you who they were the first time, because those who I called friends were not really my friends because they're your friend when it's sunshine days and when everything's going well
Al Cosby
@Cosbyal4165 · 2:52
Whoever's going to be down with me for me and going to love me for me and going to show up even when I don't ask them to, those are my friends, not just the ones again, that's going to show up for the party and then move on when the party is over
Al Cosby
@Cosbyal4165 · 1:00
And that's good advice, you know, definitely, because what happens a lot of time and again, you actually just define the definition of insanity, you know, more so, doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. So that's a good thing that you would tell yourself, if it doesn't work, it doesn't work. You just got to keep pushing. And that's how we should be living anyway