Food For Thought

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For today's post, I thought I'd share a little something I learnt from a recent incident. It's not a major event whatsoever, but I was still able to get a valuable life lesson from it.

So a few days ago, my family and I had just finished having our evening prayers, something that's become a new constant ever since this lockdown started. My mum had just come back from work so she was late for the prayers but still joined in at the end.

After we'd finished, I suddenly remembered a funny story she'd told us a while back about her and our uncle during their childhood years and brought it up. Honestly, you should get your parents to tell you things that happened to them when they were growing up because I promise you that you'll end up laughing every time you remember them. It kind of makes me understand that saying that, years down the line, you'll find yourself laughing whenever you remember some of the bad situations you went through . Obviously what you're currently going through might not be pleasant at the time, but when you come out of it and look back, you'll be able to reminisce with a smile on your face at having gone through so much back then and still bouncing back better than before.

So anyway, my mum retold the story and that was the beginning of multiple stories afterwards. We all laughed, including my mum. That saying about African parents walking about 5 kilometres to get to school is not a lie guys, although I have to admit, sometimes it's really freaky how a lot of African parents say the exact same things to their kids, as if they all went to the same school that taught them what to say to their children. It's probably a cycle though because I'm sure we'll all be saying this to our unborn generation.

In spite of all the laughs and fun, my mum made me realise something that we sometimes tend to forget. A lot of us have parents who actually went through so much in their childhood. They might not have had as much affection and care as we are being given or they might have had to do a lot and give up a lot to get where they are now. And they really just have our best interests at heart even if we can't see it. Sure they might tell us to do things we don't want to do or rebuke us harshly when we go wrong or push us to do better, but a lot of the time it's because they want a better life for you than what they experienced.

It's kind of like a cycle because we are going through things now that we can look back and learn from in order to teach our children and younger generations the right way that they should go.

So all I want to say in today's post is that, we should really try to appreciate our parents more. And it might not just be our parents. Our grandparents, mentors, teachers, any adult that has an impact in our life in one way or another. They may have sacrificed dreams to get you where you are now, the best we can do is make the most out of every opportunity we've been given.

Pray for them too, because they need just as much strength and grace to continue to work hard and take care of us.

It's also a good thing to listen to your parents and people older than you when they give you advice that's meant to help you grow and become a better person.

Proverbs 1:8 says:

Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.

If the instructions and advice we're given are for our own good, no matter how much we may dislike them, it's better to obey and avoid future troubles than to learn the hard way.

So that's my little food for thought for today. I always love hearing your opinions and comments below and in my messages so feel free to continue sharing. Subscribe to the blog and share if this blessed you. Have a great day everyone!

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