When I was younger I use to roll my eyes at my parents advice and discipline because I knew it all. Does this sound familiar to you? I’m sure it does because at one time or another we all “knew it all” and couldn’t really be taught the correct way to do something. Now that I’m a parent, I find myself thinking all the time that my kids will someday understand why I’m doing this or will someday see my side of things when they are a parent as well.
Life truly does go full circle.
I have been given so many different pieces of advice from my parents that I originally thought were not true, silly, or just not needed at the time. But now looking back, I realize that most, if not all of their advice was true and needed to be taken seriously.
Like when I was heartbroken when my boyfriend at the age of 16 ended things and my mom told me I would meet someone much better and more suited to me, I thought she was incorrect. Obviously, I didn’t marry my high school sweetheart, and my moms advice was spot on when she said I would meet someone much more suited to me.
Or when my dad taught me about the importance of Star Trek and I just rolled my eyes at his “nerdiness”, but I ended up loving the show and marrying someone who loves it just as much as my dad does.
These are just two examples of some of the things my parents taught me that I ended up actually following and believing as I grew up.
When originally given, we can sometimes think that that advice may not be needed, but most of the time when we look back on it, it’s actually exactly what we needed to hear in the moment.
The next time you’re given some advice, take it to heart! Think about how you could apply it to your life and then look back on it after and see how helpful it truly. was
The Monarch Mama 