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Personal Narrative: Morries Advice

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One time my mom told me i Morries advice is something that i have followed before in my life. During this quote he was becoming a lightning rod of ideas and writing them down on yellow pads, envelopes, folders, scrap paper. In this quote “Accept what you are able to do and what you can 't do”. My life has made a connection with this quote a couple of years ago. A couple of years ago my dad had me do brakes on a car and i knew I could do that but then he asked me to take the tranny out and i couldn 't do it but i tried and tried and i tried and i finally got it. Morries advice is something that i haven 't followed but i probably should have. During this qoute he was becoming a lightning rod of ideas and writing them down on yellow pads,

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