Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.
Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.
Complaining does not work as a strategy.
I always thought every day was a gift, but now I am looking for where to send the thank you note.
Sometimes you can't pay it back, so you just have to pay it forward.
I'm a professor - there should be some lessons learned - and how you can use the stuff you hear today to enable your dreams or enable the dreams of others. And as you get older you may find that enabling-the-dreams-of-others thing is even more fun.