If an Elderly Person Says These Three Sentences, Listen and Do Them, and Blessings Will Descend Upon You
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In life, there are many times when many people don't listen to the advice of others. People sometimes are overly confident or arrogant, believing themselves to be very intelligent and having many ideas, so they simply dismiss others as irrelevant.
Some advice should be ignored, but if an elder tells you something, it's best to listen. As the saying goes: Don't listen to elders, and you'll suffer the consequences. An elder's words are often full of wisdom and reason because they have seen more, walked more roads than young people.
Some say that elders' words can be 'wrapped in paper' because each one is a profound saying. However, sometimes the first few sentences an elder says are the most meaningful, but people don't take them seriously, thinking it's about their own situation. Unknowingly, it's an elder's reminder, because it relates to your life's blessings.
1. You should respect your parents
When I was young, every summer, I would go with my grandmother to the big banyan tree at the village entrance to cool off. There were often a group of old men and women sitting under the tree, and sometimes young people would come to escape the sun.
For several days, I always heard an old gentleman tell a young man: 'You should respect your parents!' The young man just 'oh oh' nodded and didn't say anything.
I once asked my grandmother why the old gentleman always said this. She said it was the old gentleman's advice to young people, because young people weren't good to their parents. I asked him to be good to his parents, and he wouldn't do it.
Grandma said, if he had listened, he would have done it. In fact, being good to your parents is also good for yourself, because filial piety is passed down through generations. Families with filial piety are blessed families.
This was the first time I heard the word 'blessing'.
Later, I grew up and found that the young man hadn't listened to the elder's advice and was still disrespectful to his parents. But because of this, he never found a stable job, couldn't earn money, and it wasn't until he was very old that he married a woman from outside the village, but after two years, his wife left him, and he remained single to this day.
His parents died after he died, and no one took care of him, so he never remarried, and he has been single ever since. He makes a little money occasionally, and his life is tight.
2. You should treat your wife and children well
Lu Guanzhong once said: Brothers are like limbs, wives are like clothes. If the limbs are broken, they can be repaired; if the brothers and wives are separated, they can still be joined.
This means that wives are more important than brothers. This is not entirely correct, especially in modern times. A wife, as someone to accompany you for a lifetime, can never be less important than a brother? Modern brothers, after getting married and having children, are not many who truly value their brothers.
Therefore, treating your wife and children well is more important than favoring relatives. Let me give you an example. In our village, there were two brothers. Their father died early, and the elder brother took care of the younger brother, helping him build a house and arrange a marriage. However, when the elder brother got sick and was admitted to the hospital, the younger brother said, 'I need to earn money to support my wife and children, and I don't have time to take care of my brother.'
This brother also said: 'Doesn't the elder brother have a wife and children? They should take care of their elder brother.'
Hearing this, wasn't it a bit strange? But it was a real reality. Later, the elder brother knew what his younger brother had said, and he broke off their relationship until his death, without allowing his younger brother to attend his funeral.
Although this case may be an exception, it illustrates a principle: The feelings between family members are difficult to maintain and compare with feelings between spouses and children
3. You should cherish your true friends
We have a saying: 'Close relatives are better than distant relatives.' If your family and relatives don't come to your side, it's better to be close to your friends.
Therefore, elders often say: 'Good friends are better than good brothers.' They advise people to cherish their true friends.
Friends are an indispensable part of life. No one has no friends in the world, just different amounts.
Of course, cherishing your true friends refers to those who are truly genuine, not just general friends. There is only a limited number of people who truly have genuine friends, but if you have them, they are worth cherishing.
True friends can bring you good fortune, because in their sincere hearts, they will help you, and you will also help them.
Such as Lu Tong and Bao Shuya, Fan Jingyi and Zhang Yuan, Bao Shuya and Zhong Ziqi. High mountains and flowing water meet kindred spirits.
Cherishing true friends can also bring blessings, because there is a sense of mutual affection and return.
Therefore, even the words of elders seem ordinary, but they are full of meaning. It is said that when a person is about to die, their words are wise. Elders are closest to the end of life, so their words are full of wisdom. Listening to the words of elders, following their wishes, you will also receive blessings in life.
