I used to be very involved in leading a high school, and I had a student I was close to. One day, I called the student down to my office. He was a rambunctious boy, and I called him into my office. He was all nervous: “Why is Rabbi calling me?” He walked in the door and said, “Rabbi, what is it?” I said, “Sit down.” He sat down.
I went into my pocket, took out bills, and took a $100 bill and threw it in the garbage. Then I threw another one in the garbage, and then I threw another one in the garbage. He was like, “Rabbi, what are you doing?” I said, “I'm just doing what you're doing.” He said, “What are you talking about?” I said, “You have so much talent. You have so much capability. You were given so much blessing. Why are you throwing it in the garbage? Why are you distracted? Why are you silly? Why are you doing inappropriate things? You're taking the gifts that you were given, and you're throwing them away.”
Hashem gave every single one of us gifts. And that gift is only when our eyes are in front of us. The distraction, the temptation, it makes us literally throw the gift away. So the next time you're walking in the street, say, “You know what? I'm not going to take a hundred dollar bill and throw it in the garbage. I'm going to keep my eyes in front of me and move forward.”