Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good.
* for good: forever; final
ex> If I walk out that door, I am walking out for good!
Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
* stick with: to keep someone as a friend through good times and bad
ex> some of my friends have come and gone, but the ones I had as a child have mostly stuck with me.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on.
* come and go: to enter and leave one's life
ex> Don't be so heartbroken, girlfriends will come and go until you find just the right one.
ex> Money will come and go, but once you lose your health, you will lose everything.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
* bridge the gap: to overcome an obstacle separating people such as distance, age, culture, etc
ex> Despite spending almost a year apart, Tracey and Laurence managed to bridge the gap and were married in the spring.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard.
* make someone hard: to remove a person's sensitivity and kindness through exposure to negative events or people
ex> Serving in two wars as an infantry soldier made my father hard and unable to express his feelings.
ex> Don't let a few bad breakups make you hard or you will never have a decent relationship.
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