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Advice - we have received it our entire lives, but most of the times, it is not well received. Starting from our old folktales to scriptures to epics to religious guides to a word by mouth, advices have travelled person and time.  I have been among the fortunate ones who has got some time at least to spend with my grandparents and other elders of that generation. Vacation would be usually the time when this opportunity could be harvested. One common piece of advice you would always receive from these grey-haired people is 'Take Care'. Wherever you are off to, whether you are going to visit a relative, going for food at a restaurant, going for a movie or wherever, the moment you step out of their sight, the first words from their mouths would be 'Take Care'. At that time, just out of love and respect, we would answer - 'okay', but today when I look back, I understand that this tiny advice actually goes a long way. If you really take care; in other words, you are ...