The advice or overall message I took from Liz Murray was to accept the things you can’t change and to work on the things you can change. This means to acknowledge the things that already happened, in good or in bad, and focus on where and what you can do in your existence. This relates to the book because Liz didn’t have a great foundation growing up, she used that as an excuse not to go to school. She faced many difficulties that she couldn’t change, like not being able to save or be there for her mom through her slow, long death to AIDs. but soon after the death of her mother she then met the right people who lead her down the right path. With no to little support from family, Murray finally started getting her life on track and stood on