Sunday, March 10, 2013

Everything Counts


What is the best advice you’ve ever gotten?
The best advice I’ve ever received was from my dad a couple of years ago and since then it’s been one of my most valuable assets. Here it is, “Everything counts.” So simple…yet so powerful! Now this advice did not come from me asking my dad a question, I just randomly noticed one day that my dad tended to say those two words to me a lot! Especially whenever I was complaining or said, “Oh man that was such a waste of my time!” I never understood fully what he meant until he explained it to me one day.
Everything counts. Everything we do in life adds to our experience and knowledge and helps us in some way. Nothing is waste of our time because we can learn something from everything no matter what the situation is.
Now whenever I think “that was such a waste of my time”  I stop and think back to what my dad said and I realize that even though I might not have benefited a whole lot from what I just participated in, I did get a something out of it. Sometimes you just have to look for the good in order to see it. So whenever you are frustrated or upset that you feel like you wasted your time…just think, everything counts. 

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