The Power of Parents
January 19, 2012
Gratitude to Mom and Dad:
I am so thankful for my family! As I reflect on what each member has played in my life I am so full of joy and peace, because I know that God has placed me in a perfect place to be born therefore I am in a perfect place to live.
I would like to start with my father. What my dad has given me is the knowledge of a man. What I mean by that is he has taught me how to respect what a man doesn’t say. Many women constantly try to get men to open up and talk, because talking doesn’t take much thinking and going within self to feel the man. However, when a man does not talk that is not an opportunity to make up things in your mind about what he may be thinking, but it is an opportunity to use your feminine intuition to feel him, to learn him and to listen with heart, rather than talk. My dad taught me to be tough and feminine, to trust, yet watch, to learn self appreciation and to take care of self, yet accept being taken care of. My dad has always been there to support me. In many ways he still supports me LOL! However, there have been many times when his masculine energy would take over and he would say things that would make the average girl cry. However, I would openly let him know how I felt when he said hurtful things and confronting him was the best exercise I had in learning how to communicate with a man who’d hurt my feelings. Trust me he didn’t cut any slack and I had to hold my own. This taught me that men are not going to always say things to make you feel good, but that doesn’t mean they don’t love you. Dig deep and don’t be afraid to go there when things get hot under the collar. Most of all MOVE ON!
The gift my dad has given me: Making me ultra comfortable with men, knowing how to communicate without nagging, being able to cry, yet stand up and state my feelings clearly in a way that a man can hear me. Thanks dad!
My MOM! There are really no words that can explain what my mom has and is still teaching me. I know this may sound weird, but I’m weird so here it goes….My mom was the best teacher about how to be a lady, yet she was very accepting of me and my sisters as individuals. My mom constantly talked, prayed and nurtured me and my friends. She is the only woman I know who knew how to have worship, talk about sex and taught me how to be a real woman all at the same time. She never kept the truth from me about the divine and the human aspects of the soul. In an indirect way she wove her own personal stories in with her discipline, without telling all of her own secrets. What a woman! I instinctively knew when she told me to hold on to my virginity if I wanted to hold on to my power that in some way she felt that she gave up her own power when she gave herself to my father. She shared so much of herself without losing her high place as mother.
Some of her great advice is: Never compete with a man, do your part, so you can walk away with dignity or stay in love, never say things you don’t mean, never walk out unless you are sure never to return, don’t provoke him, make fun of him and always respect one another. Wow! Of course I fought her on this, because I felt like the “girl” had to do all the work. Needless to say, she would say, “honey, this is not work, this is inspiration to the right man. If the man you are with does not appreciate good stuff like this, then he is not your man.”
I can’t say enough about my sisters. They are older and they have been wonderful to watch and learn from. I will talk about them later. This post is dedicated to my mom and dad who are still healthy, living and very much a part of everything I do. If they must go I will say that I have had the best of them and I have had as close to a perfect childhood as anyone could ask for. Parents are the first glimpse of God children ever see. I must say my idea of God is pretty good, because of mama and daddy.
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