After the death of his grandfather, an 18-year-old grandson discovered his letter: on a piece of paper, a 96-year-old man wrote down all the most important things he would like to say to a growing young man.
How can you pass on your experience to your children and grandchildren? How not to miss the moment when they stop asking funny childish questions and start thinking about important adult issues?
Yes, today grandparents do not often meet their grandchildren from school to feed them lunch or help with homework. Sometimes they don’t see them every year. Grandchildren do not have time to ask questions, and adults do not have time to teach them everything they wanted. Everyone is trying to find their way out of the situation.
A 96-year-old man decided to write a letter that only fell into his grandson’s hands after his grandfather died.
A small piece of paper and the inscription: “Read. Remember. Live”
1. This day will only come once. So light the candles, get out the napkins and put on nice clothes.
2. When you get sick, your job won’t take care of you, but family and friends will.
3. Bury your past and say goodbye to it peacefully so that it does not appear one day and begin to hunt for you.
4. Save money for the things that are really important in your life.
5. Relationships that need to be kept secret are relationships that shouldn’t exist at all.
6. Know that life can change in the blink of an eye.
7. Don’t try to win every argument and be right every moment.
8. Breathe in. Relax. And calm your mind. That’s all.
9. It’s never too late to be happy.
10 Stop comparing your life to other people’s lives. You don’t know what their journey has been up to this point and how it will end.
11 Never give up on your dreams. If you really want it, don’t take no for an answer.
12 Always promise less and deliver more.
13 The only person responsible for your happiness is yourself.
14 You don’t have to forget everything. But you must forgive.
15 Life is sacred. So if you have a choice, always choose life.
16 Even if you have the right to go first, yield.
17 Don’t take everything so seriously.
18 Time heals almost everything. Just give him time.
19 Sometimes a big part of success depends only on the ability to show oneself.
20 Your children will only be children once.
21 If we could throw our problems into a big communal cauldron with other people, we would immediately take them back.
22 Don’t waste your time on jealousy.
23 Always remember that the best part of your life is still ahead.
24 Wake up, get up, get dressed and go out to people, no matter how you feel inside.
25 You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your parents. Respect and love them – always.
26 Avoid drama and don’t create it yourself.
27 The only thing that matters in the end is what you loved.
28 Growing up and getting old is a much better alternative than all the others.
29 There is absolutely nothing wrong with being seen crying.
30 It is useless to resist chocolate.
31 Life is not always fair, but this game is still worth the candle.
32 Life is not always presented to you in a festive wrapper with a bow, but it is still a gift.