Nurturing: sharing wisdom nuggets, values from the past.

Taking a most needed good look at the values that shaped the lives of our ancestors - our late grand-parents, parents and other family members who have passed on, we are reminded of the invaluable values which will go a long way to keep us firmly grounded as well as accountable to timeless virtues at this interesting time we live in with blurry, indefinable moral values and misconceptions of what eternal truths are. 

The loss of a loved one hits differently with recollection of precious memories: a smell, a wise saying, a struggle, those looks that spoke volumes, etc. 

I seem to vividly hear my late grandmother's counsel, on how fleeting human feelings are and not to over-dwell on unexpected (negative) turn of events, even when you have the best of intentions. 

My father will always emphasize transparency in all relationships, with absolute trust that the good done will be returned in greater measures even from un-expected quarters. 

Both have been gone for over two decades now, but you know what? 

Their legacies live on, they did not leave the house empty rather they left it full…of values, timeless truths. 

💡It is note-worthy that the strongest legacies are not in houses or bank accounts, but in habits and heart-postures:

- *“Always leave a place better than you met it.”*

- *“Your name is your first inheritance—guard it.”*

- *“Hard (smart)work does not kill, it reveals more ways to prosper and be better.”*

Is it not funny how I never appreciated those words of my ancestors in real time, but right now? The echoes are louder than ever before.

📍 Let us honestly talk about how if you were nurtured by people who modeled respect, diligence, faith, empathy. 

...then you are already walking with quiet wealth. 

💡Though some of then have since passed on, their deposits live in how you show up:

- The way you serve others

- The integrity in your decisions

- The kindness in your leadership

- The courage in your choices

My nudge to you (to us all) is:

let us honour their memory not just with candles of anniversaries or our own Naija owambe remember ancestors parties but rather without consistency in the values they passed down - 

- Tell their stories.

- Practice their wisdom.

- Pass it on.

💡Indeed, this is what true nurturing is, its ripple effects are in the forward direction, quiet yet powerful.

So, how about you?

What is that one value a late parent or loved one left you with that still guides your life today?

Please, share with us in the comments. 

Let us light up the this post with legacies that live on.

#shift

#thepoweroffive - VALUE

#mindfulness

#legacyofvalues

#honourthroughliving

#theNurturer

Selah

Picture of my late Dad - Hon. S. A. Sanni - it was yet another post-humous birthday on the 29th April. 

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