What is the best piece of advice you've ever received? (Consider an answer other than the obvious-- never lick a metal pole in winter.) Who provided that advice? What made it so valuable?
Using these questions only as a starting point, write a personal narrative that explains what made this advice so valuable to you and what you think you have learned from it. Be sure to explain who gave you that advice and in what context s/he provided it.
I'll always remember the best advice I've ever been given. I was younger, maybe 10 years old, when my video game I've been playing all week decided to lose all of its memory. I was visibly upset so after I told my mom the story she calmly said, "Don't worry about it."
I know you're thinking, "Don't worry about it? How can that possibly be the best advice you've gotten, Everyone has been told to not worry about it." But these 4 words got me thinking.
"Dont worry about it?" I asked my mother, stunned by her lack of compasion.
"Yeah, freaking out isn't going to get your game back."
That was it. Freaking out over things will almost never get you what you want. I decided that I wouldnt have to emotionally harm myself everytime something little happens.
Fast forward to 2009. Im sitting in my advisory class expecting a midmarks of A's and B's (maybe a C or too) when I get an F. Some people might immediately start to freak out, "My parents are going to kill me! How could this happen!?" But not me, I calmly went to my teacher, asked how my grade had gotten so poor, found out, and then proceeded to make up work to raise my grade up to a C+ in one day.
Why would I need to stress over something when I can just not stress over it?
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