Thursday, August 13, 2015

"Worthwhile" means...

Once someone wrote in an unschooling discussion:
"I just have one concern. I want my children to finish what they start."
I responded:
If you start a book and decide you don't like it, will you finish it?

If you start eating a dozen donuts, and after you're not in the mood for donuts anymore, will you finish the dozen?

If you start an evening out with a guy and he irritates or frightens you, will you stay for five more hours to finish what you started?

If you put a DVD in and it turns out to be Kevin Costner and you don't like Kevin Costner, will you finish it anyway?

The only things that should be finished are those things that seem worthwhile to do.
Finish What you Start
photo by Chrissy Florence

"Worth"—worthy
"while"—time
The American Heritage Dictionary says it's an adjective meaning "Sufficiently valuable or important to be worth one's time, effort, or interest."

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