Sometimes you'll be tempted to look up to someone too much, and forgive them all their indiscretions and trespasses because you place them on so high a pedestal. Bear in mind the time will come when you see them for who they really are, and always keep in the back of your mind that someone you believe in that highly will always cause the longest fall when they let you down.

When it's all moving too fast for you to even think - reach out and hold on.

Be sure to ask for help when you need it, but remember the only person you can honestly rely on 100% of the time, is you.

Don't be afraid to reach out and offer a hand. It means more than you think.

Always say yes unless you can think of three very good reasons to say no.

Making the best of what you have

Your life has a beginning and an end. You have no choice in this. Feasibly giving up is never an option.

Since there is not an opportunity to not to it, do it.
Since you are doing it, do it well.

Trust

Trust is paramount. Don't break it by waving it around in the air. If you're worried your trust in someone else is damaged, ask them clearly and objectively about it. If they are deserving of it, you will receive a truthful answer.

The ability to be selfless silently is more honorable than being selfless and self-publicizing; bearing a cross without a murmur is an act of love without gain.

Advice given by another:

When it all goes to shit, the very best thing you can possibly do is probably to turn the lights out, put on some horrendously loud music, and roll around on the floor for a bit.

The ability to know when and how to bite your tongue for a quiet life is one which takes a lot of trodden toes to learn.