Parental Advice. (What i was told).
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Our parents are extraordinary and especial creatures, in fact, i could call them gifts given unto us by God almighty, to take care of us, to look after us, and to guide us through life so that we wouldn't make irreparable mistakes that could demote and cause us lifetime regrets and cries. Our parents' mouths are salted with grace, no wonder Words from them aren't ordinary but exceptional and amazing. I will like to tell you what my parents told me that got me write this article.
I was a guy who had finished high school for a few years, always seeking admission into the University, had applied severally but just didn't get my desire. Hmm! So i never gave up, i applied and wrote the exam again, this time i was offered the admission to study my desired course. Ohhh! Come and see the gladness in me as i saw the admission notification from Jamb, it was written boldly "YOU HAVE BEEN OFFERED ADMISSION....".
With the cheerful spirit in me, moved home and got my parents informed about this, on receiving this goodness, ohhh! They were so much joyous and gleeful, Mom even danced and sang song in our dialect
...emi lao ni yosi (×2 ) bi ase fekori bena lori, emi lao ni yosi🎶🎵. Mum was singing the treble, while Dad sang the Bass. It was fun all through.
They have always been good personalities who could be well emulated, in fact people use to see them as an example of purposefulness and tenacity, they are people of numerous fine characters. Their love for God and human beings was noteworthy, and they have always been teaching us the ways of God.
When i was to resume.
When the time for resumption came, i was to go to school for registrations and lectures, my dad and mum called me to the living room, and told words that penetrated deep into my ears. They said and i quote "Never forget the child of whom you are when you get to the university", this Statement was repeated three times. Their words suck into my entire body system. What did my parents mean by the word, they meant when i reach the university, i should remember where i came from, their struggles over me and younger ones, to give us better life,and make a somebody relevant in the society. Sincerely, they're struggling to make us important persons. Kudos to them!!!!!
When i got to the university.
There in the University, i started lectures just like every other students. After some times i began to see the flamboyant and ostentatious lifestyle some students were living, but i was never got intimidated by it. It reached a point, a student even stylishly introduced a crime based money earn means to me, inside me i knew it was a crime, which my parents taught us to run from, so I never gave him feed back, talk less of joining, because i did remembered the word of my parents "remember the child of whom you are", this kept ringing in my heart and head, i knew my parents were good people, and really want to make them proud of me. I'm at the Final stage of the university now, and i know very God will bless me to take care of my parents.
CONCLUSION
Never forget what your parents told you, don't run inordinately after money and get involved in crime, hold on, exercise patience, spread forth the good deeds and lifestyle of your parents, let it be written all over you, and let people boldly say, this is a good person from a good home.
Let your parents say "you made us proud."
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Sometimes we think we know all but that's a lie because our parents have been in our shoes before and they have gone through what we are going through and what we are planning to go through.... So always listen to their advice