The Wise Man Once Said

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A very special man in my life once had told me, “ Enjoy your years of life while you can, just do it in a healthy way.” What he meant by this statement was go ahead and have fun but do it in a way that I am pleasing God and my parents. Don’t go out and party with the wrong crowd and make a pity fool out of myself. He has always told me that our society sets us young people up for failure in life. My father has always been a great mentor in my life, I have always been able to look up to him and know that I can follow in his footsteps. My dad was able to have fun throughout his childhood and young adult years, yet he had always done it in the right way. Dirt biking could account for lots of the time that my dad spent outdoors. Getting up on the back of a machine that could shred the track like no other, he had loved riding the track with his siblings. All of the siblings could ride a dirt bike some better than others, therefore there was plenty of people to ride with to double the fun. He had mentioned how his sibling Michelle could ride real well. He talked about her jumping all the time, pulling wheelies, “ Yeah you aunt Michelle, well she could ride real good.” My father grew up in a household with four other siblings. He was the oldest out of the five children. Following my dad was my uncle Jeremy, along with my aunt Michelle, then there is my aunt Tonya, and finally my uncle Cameron. Just like any other family dad got along better with some siblings better than others. He had always hung out with Michelle and Jeremy. My uncle Jeremy and my father always played outside together they liked the same things and were pretty close in age. The other sibling that my dad was closer to was my aunt Michelle, due to the fact that she w... ... middle of paper ... ...fe and was happy with what God had given him. My dad had shown me one really important thing in life, you have to enjoy life and never take it for granted. He has been my wise teacher throughout the years. He always tells me how I must be a man of God and I believe him, due to the fact that over my years of growing up, the biggest thing my dad has displayed in my eyes is being a man that God wants him to be. I believe that the fact of him following God throughout his childhood years allowed him to enjoy life so much more. He had a blast riding dirt bike with his siblings. Riding motorcycle with his cousins was a big excitement in the eyes of my dad. Throwing a line with bait on the end always brought my dad to happiness. Along with going to college and meeting the love of his life. “ I couldn't have asked for a better life,” My dad told me as we ended the interview.

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