Learn by Listening Level 2

[00:00.57]Advice|[00:03.36] Sometimes my mother gives me advice.|[00:05.91] She tells me to save my money for a rainy day.|[00:09.34] She says that I should eat my vegetables|[00:11.58] if I want to be strong when I grow up.|[00:14.37] She says that you reap what you sow.|[00:16.80] I didn't know what that one meant, so I asked her.|[00:20.47] She said that if you are good to people,|[00:22.84] they will be good to you.|[00:24.89] If you do bad things,|[00:26.44] then bad things will come back to you.|[00:28.81] My mother is always giving me advice.|[00:31.54] She says that a penny saved is a penny earned.|[00:34.66] I am still thinking about that one.|[00:36.83] Some of these things are difficult to understand.|[00:39.94] My mother is very wise.|[00:42.68] She says that she has learned from her mistakes.|[00:45.67] She tells me that she would like me not to make mistakes,|[00:49.27] but she says that everyone does make mistakes.|[00:52.57] The important thing is that we learn from our mistakes.|[00:56.18] My mother says that nobody is perfect.|[00:58.92] My mother tells my sister that time is precious.|[01:02.83] My sister wastes time, and my mother doesn't like that.|[01:06.44] My mother tells me to be true to myself.|[01:09.37] She says that I should not follow the crowd.|[01:12.72] I should listen to my own conscience|[01:14.72] and do what I think is right.|[01:16.83] She says that it doesn't matter if you fail at something,|[01:20.19] the important thing is that you try.|[01:22.37] If you've done your best, then that is all that matters.|[01:25.73] I listen to my mother.|[01:27.91] I think she gives very good advice.|[01:30.21] My mother has a lot of common sense.|[01:32.69] I hope I am as wise as she is when I have children of my own.|[01:37.61] Sometimes I wish that she would not give me so much advice.|[01:41.96] I think that I know what I'm doing.|[01:43.77] But, in the end, I always remember what she has said,|[01:47.31] and I try to live by the standards that she has set for me.|[01:50.74] Take the advice that your parents give you.|[01:53.60] They only have your best interests at heart.