Respecting our Parents

We love them, we hate them. We can’t stand them but we absolutely need them. They are our parents and like it or not, we absolutely need them. However, many of us forget this simple fact and end up disrespecting our parents. We fail to remember that our parents brought us into this Earth. If it wasn’t for them, we would not be here and so owe them our lives. That’s reason enough to respect them. However, there are much more. Our parents will always support us in whatever endeavor we may face. It is their duty as parents to provide us with what we need and oftentimes all we need is their support. They will not judge us and will always want what’s best for us. Perhaps we won’t like what they believe is good for us and we will try to rebel. Yet, they have years of experience over us and they often no better than we do. Overall however, they will always want us to succeed. We can trust them that they won’t send us down a river for a few coins because they love us and when we disrespect them, we hurt them in more ways than one. We are their flesh and blood; imagine if your child told you they hated you or you’re stupid. It obviously would hurt you but you would still support them, wouldn’t you? You would because parents are there to love their children unconditionally, even if we are disrespectful and inconsiderate.