10 Life Lessons That We Learnt From Our Parents

Our parents play a defining role in making us the people we are, and we learn some of life’s greatest lessons from them. No matter where we go, and no matter who we become, the lessons our parents teach us can never be forgotten. My mother and father have been wonderful parents to me. They have worked hard to provide a stable foundation for my life and future. They have taught me invaluable lessons about work, marriage, parenting, relationships, and life.

# Our parents show us that the purest form of love isn’t conditioned by anything, just like their love for us – selfless, pure. They are the only people who will never expect anything in return.

# Our parents teach us that sometimes all people need is a little encouragement. They encourage us and stand by us through our successes and failures.

# Our parents teach us that love doesn’t always have to be shown in grand gestures it’s the small things we do for each other that actually count, the ones that show that we really care.

# They know that the people who love you will always tell you when you are wrong. They won’t sugar coat your mistakes. They do this because they care about you and want you to grow as a person.

# Healthy friends cultivate healthy friendships. And my parents taught and modeled what it means to be a good friend to others.

# We never stop learning, growing, and changing. My mother and father were always open to being challenged in new ways.

# Our lives and resources are finite. And you just can’t care about everything. Seek to care about the right things.

# When you love someone, you forgive them even if they hurt you, because you realise that your love for them outweighs the anger you feel towards them. Even when we frustrated our parents to no end with our childish whims and demands, even when disappointed them and showed immature arrogance they always found a way to forgive us in the end.

# True wealth is never measured on a bank statement. And they never evaluated theirs by the number of zeros printed on it.

# Words are important. But so are actions. My parents express love using both.