Before you blame them
Before you blame them
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Still angry at your mom or dad? Read this first.
A few things they never had the chance to tell you.
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Before you blame them
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They were kids once.
Before they were your parents, they were children growing up in a harder time, with harder rules.
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Knowledge was hard to get.
No internet. Few books. Little schooling. Many had to stop learning to start working.
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Their world was small.
One town. One way of thinking. And one question that decided everything: “What will people say?”
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They never saw other ways to live.
No travel. No new ideas. They repeated what they were taught, because it was all they knew.
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They were in survival mode.
Working hard, carrying worries, with no time to rest, heal or talk about feelings.
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You have what they never had.
Knowledge at your fingertips. A world you can explore. Ideas, words and choices they could only dream of.
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So forgive them.
Be the example they never had.
They did their best with what they had. Do better with what you have. It may be the best decision of your life.
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And if it hurts more than this…
If your pain runs deeper, your healing comes first. Forgiveness can wait. You can protect your peace and still choose kindness.
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Before they were your parents, they were children in a smaller, harder world. Use what they never had to understand them, and if the pain runs deeper, heal first.
Post 27 of 30, first shared on Instagram by @wishyoutoday.