Very purposeful write-up.

Great power lies within everyone but without the right knowledge on how to channel them the right way, we might end up making a mess.

No wonder the Holy book emphasized that:
> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Knowledge of Power management and its Use is very key to personal growth and development. Knowledge can come from various ways such as exposure, experience, research among others.

I am happy your father's words still live on through you and many who read this beautiful post. 

Much love😍

Some great info and perspectives here. 

I saw a meme the other day that I felt was profound, at least for me personally. It was along the lines of “one thing we might not realize that as we are growing up, we are watching our parents grow up as well” and I was moved by that. Thinking back on my childhood and moments like this where I was growing up but so weren’t my parents. I think your dad was a great man, peaceful and intelligent but he was perhaps speaking from experience from what it sounds like. Sounds like wanted to try and influence how you grew up so that you could choose a different path than one he felt or witnessed himself. 

Although we make mistakes and as you say, no one is perfect, what we do to reshape what we did in the past to change how we do things in the future is wisdom in my opinion. Some people never change their ways and don’t have the willpower to even look back. 

You know G., power is a tricky thing. I am realizing that a true powerful person is the one who masters their own self, just like it was stated in the quote.

It is easy to abuse power and turn it into a weapon. Many people would become a terror if they would have the power. Too much power can be dangerous if one can't control themselves.

It is a hard task to master yourself. I see how difficult it is to change my own habits and paradigms, no wonder that it is almost impossible to change other people. And this is why we should not even try.

To have had the power to crush someone and to have chosen not to...well that is true character

My parents instilled many lessons on their nine kids, but, it really wasn't until I was out of the house that it really was driven home and although I didn't realize it, one day, I woke up and sounded like my mother (and father, they tag teamed!)

Thank you for this. I know what a great job they did and I was sorry I wasn't appreciative enough when I was growing up. 

Hmmm nice tomorrow isn't promise actually so we just have to live life well. Nice write up and sorry about your day may he rest in peace

My Mom still scolds me at the age of 90 and just like a child, I often think I am right and she's wrong! But when I think about it afterwards, I realize the wisdom that she still tries to impart, even though I'm an old gal myself.
Very thoughtful post @galenkp, thank you for sharing it here with us! 

You are very fortunate (blessed) to have heard and listened to your father's wise words and have been guided by them. Sometimes great lessons come after some experiences and when we get to reflect upon them. Many thanks for sharing them here :)

You are blessed @galenpk.   My father was never around when we were young but I am happy that we have now connected and grateful to have a mother who helped me and my siblings to be the best people we can be - under all circumstances.

The lessons we learn from them live on in our actions and I am glad of that. My dad was less of a thinker but still taught us much about standing up for ourselves and even better, similar to yours *choosing* to let events dictate our actions. I still think of the old codger every day with his wry smile and cynical but happy view of the world

Great post

Our parents has got the best advice for us. In my community, there’s a saying that;
> A young person standing can’t see what an old man saw while sitting.  

I have got a similar messages from my father too and it’s only making sense to me now that I have grown older.

That photo is amazing.

I think it's a pretty common thing that we just don't get the nuggets of wisdom our parents hand down because our own pride at that age (it's a different world that they know nothing about and we know better because we're better educated) plus relative lack of experience makes it difficult to understand.

<sub>I'm really feeling it now that I'll have all teenagers next year x_x</sub>

Your dad sounds like a great person that raised a great person :)

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Most of us pick up one or two legacies from our father and it has helped us in some of our decisions. Though there are times we apply our own strength been the fact that everyone has his or her in-built power we only need someone to ignite it for us. 

There is a saying in my locality: It is what the bird eats inside, that she fly along with it. If you don't activate what you learnt from my father, the legacy die within you and won't bring forth fruit of the real you. You can't rule out the legacy of your parent, especially your father on the journey of your life. I love the write-up

Nice writeup