The Best Advice from a Caring Parent

In this fast-moving world, the only person who doesn’t compete with you is your parent. In fact, it is only your parents who want you to be better than them. Everyone else is in a race against you in all ways.

Going by experience, parents stand at a vantage point to give the best advice. Unfortunately, great counsel is least heeded when most needed.

No parent would wish their children to learn the harshness of life through experience. If anything, parents wish they could save their kids from the mistakes they made when they were young.

Therefore, one loving father sat and thought of how he could help his son. This is what he said in very few words.

Father’s Advice

After breathing hard from deep thought, the father said to his son:

"My son, listen to my counsel so that you may be wise. A wise son applies his heart to instruction, and his ears are ever searching for knowledge.

Please, please, my son, never forget my counsel. Never grow weary of following what I advise you. Instead, Seal them inside your heart. And by doing so, you will find peace all the days of your life.

For the sake of life, my dear son, let your eyes keep the right way.

A person who never walks in the counsel of evil men is forever blessed. Even when, he needs to pass time, he never sits with mockers least they mock God in his presence. My son, a wise person seeks wisdom. He is pleased when justice prevails.

That is the secret to prosperity.

I have lived a life full of mistakes, some that I regret to this day. But for you, my son, guard your heart above everything else that you hold dear. Your heart is the wellspring of life.

Most importantly, let your way be far from immoral and wayward women. Don’t give your strength and honour to those who have no mercy.

In fact, in the Biblical history, great leaders failed due to two things; Promiscuity and wine. Keep away from them unless you also want to be a failure.

God has given you a lovely wife. Treat her well and mould her into the queen you desire. If you do so, she will make you a respectable person in this town.

If anything, she is the only other person other than your parents, who has the power to make or break your life.

Even when my time comes to rest in the grave, I would be proud of you if you would keep your feet from trouble. Please, don’t go courting trouble.

Also, guard your tongue. Watch and measure your words all the time. Tell me, can you recall an arrow once you shoot it from a bow? No! Whether your target was correct or not, the arrow must hit.

That is the same case with words. Once you say them, you can never recall them. Be wise, my son, and I will be proud of you, even in death.

Finally, I will repeat this, “The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom.” And this wisdom leads to long life, honour, and prosperity.”

At this point, the father stopped talking and seemed to go deep into thought.

Since I wasn’t part of the meeting, I just over heard this conversation. Unfortunately, I never waited to hear what the father had to say next.