Nobody's perfect, not even dads. Since today is Father's Day, of course it got me thinking about my dad, which got me thinking about relationships with the people in our lives in general. Every person in our lives brings us something we can learn from. Some of it is positive, and some of it is negative, but it is all something we can learn from to shape our own selves, and our own lives.
My dad taught me a lot about how to be a man, and he also gave me examples of how I did not want to be. When I think about him now, I think about the good things that he did as much as the bad things. But here's the catch; I appreciate both of them. I try to be like him with the good things, and I try to not be like him for the bad things. Just because someone has flaws doesn't mean they can't teach you.
Think about the people in your life. Not just your family, but friends, teachers, co-workers. What can you learn from each of them? Think about someone you don't like, or someone who makes you feel bad. Doesn't that make you think about how you can be a better person, so that you don't make other people feel bad?
Most people go through life making choices without really thinking about what they're choosing and why they're choosing it. If you choose to live your life on purpose, you can choose to copy the negative behaviors around you, or the positive ones. It's your choice. What will you choose?
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