Thread: What good advice did your dad give you?

I saw this on facebook and it made me think as my dad passed many years ago. He mostly led by example as in pay your bills on time, don't borrow money, always be on time, treat people with respect but there were some things mentioned about always buy American and don't let your gas tank get under half full. ;)

How about you all, what words of wisdom from your dad come to mind?

Pay off your credit cards every month.
Tax refunds basically mean that the government got to use your money for free.
Don't live in the center lane on highways, let the trucks pass and it doesn't matter who is in the right, the bigger vehicle can crush you, get out of the way!
He also taught me to change my own oil and to change a flat tire.

He taught me the value of prayer. As a young boy he always came to my bed and knelt a prayed for me. He also taught me the value of Bible study. He spent hours with his Bible open and with a notebook. He also taught me his love for church. If there was a revival or special meeting nearby, within 50 miles, he went. Mom did not enjoy travel so I, as a boy, would jump in with him and we would sing gospel songs all the way there and back. Good memories.

my Father was not in my life past age 8

...can't say I got any advice from my dad.

To always give a firm yet gentle hand shake. Strange advise to give to a daughter. But that is what he always told me.

Never knew him.

Originally Posted by Romans828

Never knew him.

Sorry, Nikos - I should have been more specific...

I never knew my Father - I was born out-of-wedlock, and my Mother's parents threatened to "disown her" if she didn't "get rid of me."

Reportedly, she had a "fling" with the Principal of the school where she held her first teaching job, and when she found out she was pregnant, and that he was married, she didn't tell him she was carrying his child.

She moved away, gave birth to me, left me with some strangers, and moved back home.

After 33 years, I "found" her and we established a relationship, but she refused to tell me anything about my father except his name and that she thinks he was from North Carolina.

She was afraid I would try to find him too, and she didn't want me to be hurt, if he rejected me or refused to accept that I was his daughter.

Sorry to hijack the thread - Maybe I shouldn't have posted anything in here in the first place.

Originally Posted by Romans828

Sorry, Nikos - I should have been more specific...

I never knew my Father - I was born out-of-wedlock, and my Mother's parents threatened to "disown her" if she didn't "get rid of me."

Reportedly, she had a "fling" with the Principal of the school where she held her first teaching job, and when she found out she was pregnant, and that he was married, she didn't tell him she was carrying his child.

She moved away, gave birth to me, left me with some strangers, and moved back home.

After 33 years, I "found" her and we established a relationship, but she refused to tell me anything about my father except his name and that she thinks he was from North Carolina.

She was afraid I would try to find him too, and she didn't want me to be hurt, if he rejected me or refused to accept that I was his daughter.

Sorry to hijack the thread - Maybe I shouldn't have posted anything in here in the first place.

You know it occurred to me in a way our fathers did teach us something.....what a true Father is not....wondering, how much did this impact your relationship with our FATHER?

I carried an orphan spirit into my late 30's...I was abandoned by both mother and father, just as you were...just not so early and I did know them...