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advice from the greats. Today, in light of Mother’s day a couple days back,
we’re going to talk about being thankful for getting to where we are today. And
I think some of you might be surprised by what I say.
What’s your
earliest childhood memory of your mother? If you’re like me, you probably have
a couple. I couldn’t tell you for sure which one was first, but I think it’d be
of my Mum driving me while I was in the back of her car, playing with me while
I watched TV or at Christmas dinner. I remember as a kid always wanting to
impress my Mother because I loved her so much. Sometimes, I felt like I fell
short.
But, as you
grow older, sometimes it’s easy to get the whole
“grass-is-greener-on-the-other-side” mindset, in everything. Now, I’m not
saying settling’s good, but all of a sudden you feel like you aren’t enough and
others are better. And, many times, mothers become embarrassments you’d rather
not show your friends.
Now, first off,
I’d like to say after dealing with Mother’s other than mine, I’d take my Mum
any day over them. They may seem cooler at first, but you tend to find they
make all the “mistakes” your Mum makes while tending not to love you as much.
Whatever your
relationship with your Mother, it’s important to realize how much you owe them.
Without her, you typically wouldn’t have been born (quite literally) and you
certainly would’ve grown up to be a different person. You are indebted to her
for the way you are today.
But I hear some
of you saying, “my Mother was terrible and I hate her and she made my life a
mess”. To that I say, even if she contributed to making your life less than it
could’ve been, she’s done something great for you. Instead of directly teaching
you how to behave, she’s given you a challenge to overcome. And if you’re here,
you’ve probably either overcome or are attempting to overcome it. Like the pain
it takes in a gym to forge beautiful muscles, she’s given you a barbell to lift
up.
And when you
make it, you’ll have taken your life to a whole new level.
So, whatever
your current situation or relationship with your mother, be thankful.
Challenges are learning opportunities. The person who gave you them, or taught
you to deal with them, is the person who helped shape your character most.
As Abraham
Lincoln said, “All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother”
So do you.
Alex H.
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