Why You Should Respect Your Parents More Than Anyone Else

Hristo Ivanov
3 min readNov 20, 2020

Do you have a strong relationship with your family members? Especially your mother and father?

Unfortunately, a lot of people neglect how important a good connection with their parents could be.

You’ve probably heard stories about how a strong union cannot be broken and the other way around.

Well, for me everything starts with the family and how strong it is. The children tend to neglect the people who love them the most because they are “old school” and they don’t understand the new generation.

The truth is they at least try to understand us because they love us so much but we couldn’t realise it from our ignorance.

From my experience, I can tell you the problems in the family are reflecting on every other aspect of your life.

Because we sometimes tend to forget that we are what we are today because they took care of us through our first years(the best kind of love you can receive).

And if you don’t feel the urge to give them back the love and care they’ve given through all these years, then you need to know this next crucial thing.

They will not be here forever

If you don’t spend time with them now when they are still here, you’ll probably regret it later when they are not here with you.

You won’t have the memories for the good time to spend with them and you will feel bad about it.

Make Sure You Spend Some Good Time With them

Something like that happened with me years ago when my grandpa died. He was the best person in the world for the 10-year-old me. Even when he was sick, couldn’t walk, he was still singing, giving money to his grandchild,еven though he was broke.

And now when I remind myself of his dedication to the family and how happy he was, the memories about him bring a smile to my face.

Good Memories = Joy, Happiness

Make some effort and try to spend time with every family member you have. The good memories will fill you with joy and you’ll feel a little bit better when you’ve had some fun time with them.

So what are you waiting for? Go, approach them, play games with them, ask them about something funny from their childhood. And last but not least, listen to them, they try to protect you from the mistakes they’ve made.

Final Thoughts

Remember that, when your family bond is unbreakable and strong, everything else in your life will fall into place.

Their purpose in life is to make you happy, help you to find your passion, warn you about potential mistakes, etc.

Always give them back love, be caregiving for them, respect them because once they are gone you’ll only have left the memories about them.

Make sure they are good ones.

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