Daily writing prompt

What’s the most profound piece of advice you’ve been given? Did you take it?

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There were many pieces of advice along the way, words and actions and such from parents and others. But the one that seems to have drilled the deepest into the memory banks is from a poster in my third grade classroom: “Maturity is the ability to forego the immediate pleasure in favor of the long-term gain.” Or something like that.

Seems pretty deep for a roomful of 8- and 9-year-olds. This pearl has been rattling around in my brain for a long time, though I haven’t always taken it to heart.