What is the Best Advice I Have Ever Received?

               The best advice I have ever received came from my parents. They give me advice about everything, but I am going to write about swimming advice. You see, I am on a swim team, and sometimes I don’t do the strokes or the flips correctly or I do a bellyflop instead of a dive. And my parents give me advice about it. So, here is the story about the best advice I have ever received.

                At my second swim meat, I was scared that I would get last place. Really, I wanted to show my parents and grandparents that I was good at swimming, but I didn’t want to tell them that. I knew that they did, it just didn’t come to me right away. Then my mom and dad said that they did not care if I got first or last place, but I should try either way and to them, I always got first place, however I should really try to not get disqualified.

                What they told me really stuck out to me, and I think about it every day. This may not seem like advice, but when I think about it, this tells me that I may not always do everything perfectly or correctly when I am learning, but I should still do my best and try. This makes me feel good and strong, and it makes me want to be better every day in every way.