“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.”
At the end of our day when we recall how the time passed and how we filled the hours, do we think more of what we got from the day or what we put into it? Perhaps your “harvest” is represented by the money you earned for a job well done, praise for a meal you cooked or accomplishing a goal etc. These are all transitory events while, making a new friend, beginning a course of learning or gaining a new skill will plant a seed we can grow and nurture forever.