Yes I know this post is so late. Mother’s Day has come and gone. I still wanted to write this post to honor my mom. As a kid when she used to give me advice most of it went in one ear and out the other. Cause of course I just knew she couldn’t know what she was talking about since what I was dealing with in my life was totally different than what she dealt with. So how could the advice she was giving actually help me. Then the advice I did listen to I would find very helpful and slowly as I matured I found myself applying that advice even more. Some of her advice I’ve even passed along to my kids. I thought it would be great to honor her on my blog by sharing some of the great advice that she has shared with me and continues to give me. mom tribute
- Never let anyone still your joy. It took me a minute to understand this one. As a child I was bullied a lot. She would tell me this often. She meant to not let the people who were bullying me to make me unhappy. This is still hard for me. Sometimes I just let people get under my skin.
- I have to do the work. Yep my mom was telling me this way before I heard Iyanla say it. It’s pretty self explanatory. If you want to get anywhere in life you have to be willing to work for it.
- Everyone talks about everyone. Now this one came about because I was always complaining about rumors j heard about myself or my friends. No matter what people are going to talk about you. Whether it’s good or bad. I’m the end you can’t make them stop so why worry about it.
- You can’t make everyone happy but yourself. Yeah this one hasn’t sunk in yet. I always worry about making others happy before myself.
- Speak your mind but be respectful. Yet another one in all working on. I really speak my mind.
- Never let anyone take you out of your character. She was basically saying I don’t have to act a fool to get my point across.
- The best one is always let your loved ones know you love them. To this day when we hang up from our phone conversations my mom always let’s me know that she loves me. I make sure my husband and kids know they are loved all the time.
The other day I called my mom and thanked her for her great advice even though I ignored it for awhile. She told me that it was apart of life and that all kids go through it. She did too. I also told her how great of a mom that she is. I have the best mom. Now if I could just get her to let me post a picture. She is not having it though. Ha ha ha!
What’s the best advice your mom gave you?
Your mama is a smart woman!! Great advice to live by!
Yes I love her so much and have learned a ton from her.
These are all great pieces of advice–especially #2, which I think most of us forget from time to time. I know that I certainly just want things to be stellar with no effort, but that’s not how things work! 🙂
Yes. I’ve learned that accomplishing something after putting in the work can be so awarding.
The best advice my mom gave was to love everyone! Even the people who I felt like had done me wrong, still love them from a distance!
That is some awesome advice! I find myself struggling with that often.
This is an example of mommy knows best!
You are so right. Ha ha ha! Lesson so totally learned.
Great advice!!!! nothing like the wisdom from a mama!
what a fantastic list! The best thing I ever learned from my mother, not really advice, is you can do anything. She took my younger brother and I on a lot of trips when we were young and she was a single parent. I look back at that now and think we’ll if she could do all kinds of hard things like that, I can do this.
I totally agree my mom has amazed me with the things she can do.