Appreciate your parent

 

I was watching a YouTube video and a man was asked what he regretted the most about been a parent and his response was " The fact that been a parent makes me recgonise that I am not whole and can't be everything that my children need", mind you his children are still little kids. This had me thinking of how I had been so annoyed with my parents  for not doing things or behaving the exact way I believed a parent should behave and it made me sober.

 As a recovering perfectionist, I sometimes expect my parent to be perfect, have all the answers and know what to do at every point in time. But the reality is my parents make mistakes, and sometime's they act out of character. In other words, they are not perfect. They did something's that I believed if I was in their shoes, I probably would have done better (easy to say), they have their fault, a lot, but that is not gong to change the fact that they are caring, would go to any length to make sure all their children are fine and comfortable, work day and night, every single day to be able to provide for their family.

Your parent may not be everything you want them to be. They may be there emotionally, socially, spiritually but may be they are not financially buoyant. They probably can't give you all the money you want but atleast they thought you values, and good character that would help you thrive in any part of the world. 

Let us do better in appreciating our parents and rembering that they are human beings like any one of us who may make mistake or not do something the right way. We must pray for them and let them know how much we love them. Let us not be quick to judge our parents, or make them feel that they are inadequate, but as much as possible, let us reciprocate their love, recognize their effort and always show how grateful we are for having them in our lives.

There is no perfect parent incase you have been desiring  a better one, learn to appreciate the one God has given you.