Nobody really talks about how waiting on God is hard. Somedays you have it all together and some days you burst into tears wondering how long this season would take.
Buy your children a book every month and have a date to talk about the book and what they’ve read. Talk about the characters like they’re real. Bond over literature. Debate the lessons and decision making. Over food and drinks. Cultivate readers and build their collection
I evaluate my behavior every night. I will literally be in the shower like "I didn't like how I responded to that today but tomorrow I will be better".
The thing is , you might think you spent just 5 minutes, meanwhile those in the waiting room, also think you spent 1 hour. It's called the waiting room bias in human perception , The person in the waiting room's brain is anxious and unoccupied, which stretches time like crazy to them. Meanwhile the person with the doctor is busy , and to them time passes quickly . It's all just human perception and not the reality of time passing.
Who lied to you that one can’t attain a good GPA and still have skills and connections ? Academic performance, skills and networking aren’t mutually exclusive, but I don’t expect much from sub-intellects.
The best way to honor your parent(s) is to be successful. Go further than them. Higher. The best way to honor your kid(s) is to be successful. Leave them a little something, so they won't have to fight the same dragons you fought.