Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— 3 “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
these verses were very clear to me and there's no doubt that i ought to respect my parents more and honor them because they're my parents--plus they've loved me and cared for me since even before i was before (eating dem pre-natal vitamins with folic acid, yo), always trying to help guide me along the path of life and teach me every life lesson that they can possibly think of. it's only right that i treat them well but sometimes--a lot more than i would care to admit--i dont.
i get easily irritated when they try to remind me to stay focused and do my homework. or when they say to study harder and there's only a short period of time left before it will be ok to relax. or when they caution me against "being done" (as i say quite a lot these days) with school because finals are still coming up... (not to mention tomorrow's treacherous macro- and micro- economics exams XP
in my head all i can think of is how frustrated they make me when just trying to be good parents and i get caught up in my own anger, thinking that theyre doubting my abilities, that they don't think my academic "achievements" have been enough. its extremely irritating and then my thoughts explode (in a very profane sort of way -_-"). and then i just wish that i could hurry up and move out of the house so i dont have to deal with it anymore.
thats probably--that IS, im sure--the wrong approach :3 instead of getting easily upset, and disrespecting my parents who've tried so hard and sacrificed time and effort to give me the best, i should accept their "advice," try and obey them (especially since this will only be going on for a little longer). seeing the video really reminded me of how opening up to my parents would be better than keeping it all choked up inside. once in a while, i should tell them i love them. it's ok to say those words, aloud--seriously, it is. and when i think about it, i _will_ miss my parents a lot when i move to tucson. my mom won't be there to tell all the jokes that i've heard a million times, but love all the same. my dad won't be there to kiss my head goodnight everyday, even though i usually think its awkward, but ill miss it and the routine of it all the same.
so ill open up to them more. and tell them i love them while i still can.
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