Good Lessons For Life: As Taught By Mothers

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Over the past couple of months, we’ve asked this question: What has your mother taught you? What did you learn from your mother? What good lessons for life did you get either by listening to or watching your mother?

And we have a really great audience, if I say so myself, because these timeless lessons began to trickle in. And we had so many, we had to break the articles up to make for an easy, enjoyable read. If you haven’t read the first part, I suggest you do.

So without much ado, let’s dive into these good lessons for life as taught by moms around the world.

My mother taught me some things are time bound and may slip away, while others can wait.

Having children did not cure my overly ambitious persona. I was still chasing my dreams, I had a vibrant career and a side business. I used to drop my children, here, there and everywhere just so I could go do my thing. And my Momma sat me down and said, “Some things can wait, others can’t. If you miss out on those children’s childhoods, you will not get it back.”

I scaled back. I didn’t make it big as I wanted to but we weren’t poor either. And today I look back with gratitude to my Momma because my children turned out really awesome! And I am now in my dream career, excelling like nobody’s business.

Dalia, Scotland

I learned many good life lessons from my mother, but the greatest lesson for me was to trust and heed my intuition. Whenever my mother had a hunch, she acted on it, and one day, it saved our entire family.

It was raining very heavily one day. It was a big rainstorm and me, my three younger siblings and my parents were huddled around the fire in our kitchen. Suddenly mother said, “Let’s get out of here.”

Dad thought she meant go to the bedroom or living room, but she said, “No outside.”

We all protested and reluctantly followed her outside, into the rain. No sooner were we out there, soaking wet, that our house caved in.

Pritan, India

I learned many great life lessons from my Mama, but I think the one that stands out for me is that it is okay for children to not be perfect.

I used to have such high expectations of my children in everything they did. I hounded them with the need for excellence. And one day my mother said, “You were such a fool as a child but look at you now. Cut those kids some slack, you’ll make them timid, or worse they’ll hate you when they grow up.”

She was right. I relaxed my hand, and they did turn out fine. And they’re my best friends.

Livingston, Senegal

The best lesson on life I learned from my dearest Mama is to make sure I have enough head room when I do doggy. It was her advice on my wedding day.

According to her, she made the mistake of not checking to make sure she had enough head room, her head hit the headboard really hard, and she was left with a lifetime of chronic head pain. Now I don’t know with whom she did this, she didn’t say, so let’s assume it was my Dad. So yes, a timeless, important lesson from my Mama.

Afriyie, Ghana.

My Ma taught me to never lose my sense of humor.

“Laugh at yourself. Laugh with the people you love, your wife and children. Life can be brutal, but laughter makes it bearable.”

Geoff, New Zealand

The one life lesson that comes to my mind that I learned by watching and listening to my mother is to budget and live within my means.

“You are not in competition with anybody, save for a rainy day,” she would say.

In my thirty five years as a family man, I have never gone borrowing from anyone for any reason.

Jeff, Accra

One of the most important life lessons I learned from my mother that has served me well in my personal and career life as a politician is to acknowledge people and call them by their names.

“It shows you see them and it conveys respect,” she always said.

People call me considerate now, because I take time to acknowledge everyone, and I make sure to remember their names.

Forte, Liberia

“Let your husband do it his own way. He survived thirty years without you telling him what to do, before he met you.”

That was the greatest among all the good lessons for life I heard as a married woman on my wedding day. I keep mute and let my husband do his thing, even if I think I know a better way. I give my opinion or direction only when he asks for it.

My home is very peaceful.

YaaYaa, United Kingdom

“Move silently and swiftly.”

My Mama only announced her plans after executing them. No one ever got the opportunity to betray her. It has come in handy for me in my life.

Odenden, Ghana

My Mama always said, “Don’t let your emotions control you, control your emotions.”

This has been a great life lesson for me because I learned at a very early stage not to make decisions based on emotions.

Fredua, Canada

One good lesson of life my mother made sure to instill in me was to marry a wise woman and listen to her.

I listened. I married the smartest woman I ever met. She was way, way out of my league but she accepted me. I let her have inputs in all our life decisions. These days, I stop and pinch myself to make sure this successful man is me.

Kendu, Nigeria

My Mama told me, “Go where you’re celebrated, not where you’re tolerated.”

I was about eight years old and the neighborhood kids didn’t want to include me in their games. And it made me really sad, I cried. Then my mother drilled into me how pining for the friendship of people who don’t care about me is stupid.

Her lesson that afternoon stuck with me. I have never been one to tolerate diesrespect of any kind from anyone.

Tatianna, USA

I learned many really great things and many good lessons on life from my mother, one of them is to never do the barest minimum in life.

One of my mother’s many convictions was that leading a mediocre life was a waste of one’s lifetime. I learned that by watching give her best to everything she did. And she was always such a successful woman.

Deidre, Ghana

The good life lesson I learned by watching my mother that unchecked addictions can upend one’s life.

My mother was an alcoholic most of my childhood. She finally got sober when I graduated college. My sister and I, as well as our father have forgiven her for all the ways she hurt us with her addiction. But the alcohol neither forgave nor forgot, it has destroyed her kidney and now she’s on dialysis thrice a week. All her retirement plans of traveling the world have come to nothing.

Claire, USA

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Adwoa Danso

I am a connoisseur of life stories, and writing is my first love. I believe we can empower, educate and uplift by telling our stories. Writing is my happy place.

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