From the article: Ten Life Lessons I Learned From My Father
Share Post: Our parents are our first teachers. Here is your opportunity to share with others the important lessons your father taught you. What lesson did your father instill in you that you are especially grateful for? Was it a tough lesson to learn? Are you teaching your children the same values you learned from your father? Please share. Share Lessons from Dad
Love of All Life
- There are so many things my Dad taught me to shape who I am. One thing he taught me was to respect all persons and accept them for who they are, no matter their beliefs. A saying that stays with me as I grow older, "You are as young as you feel and I feel 15!" I really appreciate the thought because I don't feel 45, I feel and look younger without doing anything special other than thinking younger thoughts. Miss you Dad and wish you could impart your wisdom on my sons in person!
- —Guest hojobj
Honesty and Integrity
- My father taught me the value of honesty, integrity, hard work and respect for myself, family and others. He did this by example not by preaching. He was an immigrant to this country and was grateful for all the gifts he was given and the successes he was able to achieve. I feel as though this world is a better place because of him. He is gone from this Earth now but his legacy lives on and his memory is still vivid in the minds of his children and grandchildren. This father's day I would like to send him love as we all still feel his presence and wait for the day we will all meet again.
- —Guest JoAnne
It's okay to cry
- My dad taught me it's okay to share your emotions. In fact, it's good to tell the people close to you how you feel. He always was honest with me about how he felt.
- —Guest MdMomof3
Friend
- My father was a very close and a dear fiend. He ingrained moral values and always taught me to work hard and put in my best efforts. He believed winners are successful and quitters failures. Because of him I am like a mountain, rock solid and unshaken. Thank you, Dad.
- —Guest Sonal
Work Hard and Stay Out of Debt
- My father is the epitome of financial stability. As a result of his wonderful example I learned how to avoid debt and pay the bills on time as a teenager.
- —khayesrn
It's Okay to Be Different
- I didn't fit in too well with the other kids when I was a child. I wasn't athletic, I had thick glasses and braces, didn't have many friends. It bothered me. I remember one day my dad took me on a walk and told me that it was okay for me to "march to the beat of a different drummer." He said a lot of things that day, but what I got out of it was that it was okay to be different and that life would be boring if we were all the same.
- —Guest Connie G.
Give My Best Effort
- My father taught me only quitters are failures. He wanted me to always give my best effort and not to skate through life. He wanted me and my brother to never give up on our dreams. He said if something was worth having something, then it was worth not giving up on. Whenever I feel like giving up it is usually because my dream has changed and I discover that my energy is going in a different direction. I think Dad would be okay with that. Just so long as I keep dreaming and striving towards something I truly want.
- —Guest Keystone
Love for Challenge
- My father worked hard and played hard. He taught me to work hard for my achievements. From him I learned not to expect anything to be simply handed to me. My father often played games with us kids. He never "let" any of us win. No matter what the game was, no matter our ages, he played to win. This made winning, when it happened, that much sweeter. Whenever I was able to beat him in a game, fair and square, I truly felt like a winner. He taught me that it was okay to lose as long as I tried my very best. Because of him I love a good challenge.
- —Guest Phyllis
