Everything is inside of you ...

There's not a lot of things that I am using from my father, I am not one of the kind who is walking in his shoes :-P
But, with the years, I am looking at the life with new eyes ... that is what we call the experience
To acquire this experience, there is only 2 ways ... you can learn it from people around you, from books, I mean that you are learning without being confronted to the representing problem.
the second way is as you maybe expect, TO BE directly confronted to the problem, by following that way, you are walking alone and you will learn by yourself, .. so, there is chances that everything will go just fine, and there is also chances that you hit the wall or the shit hit the fan :-)
and that is hurt
When I was younger (I like to say "when I was younger" because I am 34 but i still fell young ¶;=P )
I was like many other younger people ... parents advice are just a piece of crap, they don't know a thing about life ... :-)
we are so empty brain like :-D !!!
Here is what I remember the most of my father and i use the most since many years in many parts of my life
He said to me one day "Do not be afraid to give" For him I think he was mostly talking about give all your best for your job, do not wait that someone ask you to do something, if there is something to do, just do it, do not ask questions and do not expect to be granted for it, do it and somewhere in your life you will be granted ... (He did not said it like that but with the years, it's how I am using it)
and it works !!!
At the job, with friends, sharing with people, giving a part of your time for volunteering
I am giving the best of me most of the time, I am human I feel lazy sometimes too but not all the time
Like at the job, I am giving my best and i receive very nice feedback, and even feedback like raising of my wage :-P Hou!! Hou !!
Do not wait for something in return of your actions. Give mean make a free donation, if I am helping you moving your stuff, I will be very happy if you are coming to help me when I will move my own, but I do not have any reason to be pissed off if you are not helping me ...
(I have to mention that there's also a difference between giving to someone and being used like a donkey by someone :-P )
Give is so important, and you have to give the best of the best to yourself, the most important person is always ourself.
When you are giving, your self esteem is increasing, and you will fell it so much more when you are giving to yourself because you are giving wellness to yourself, you taking time to take care of yourself, you can look at yourself and be proud of what you had done
It is like a turning wheel, you are giving, that makes you proud, that increase your self esteem and your wellness, you feel better, happier, you continue to give to yourself and to people around you, and if everything is going fine in your life, if you are happy to be you, you have a job that you like, you are respectful about you and other people,  you will be able to be more attentive to what to life is giving to you
Not only raising of your job wage, or your friend who will accept to help you, you will enjoy such simple things like they are big gifts.
It could be the rising sun, having a nice walk in the woods with the nice smells, it could be having fun with co-workers, it could be anything that you could see looking to the life ... with your brand new eyes
See ya
Simon