Life lessons when reached us with their ugliness, then we realized that wish we could have learned them earlier. Some things happen so quickly and inevitably that we don't even get time to process them. Being in this fast-forward world we learn each day a lesson from people we meet, staying with or without family. The reason why I stopped after writing 'Mother' in this article's subject is that this world has mistaught us so many things like, Mother is only responsible for her children's health and what they learn. So here I am thinking wish I could have been told these things by my father.
Your gender doesn't define your career type
In our society, we have been poked by so many people on choosing something that went unmatched according to them and we let this happen to us, why? Because we were never told that it is okay to choose what your heart desires other than worrying about social norms.
You can talk rudely to that one relative who mocks you
There are countless times when we had been mocked and mentally harassed by some close relative of us but we couldn't utter a word in our defense except grinding our teeth. I want to yell and cry, Why Father?
You can wear what you want
There have been days when I was guilty of thinking about my choice of clothes. Even some of my friends had questioned my dress sense saying, "Why do I wear clothes that ask for too much attention?"
So Now when I look back and see my past self wasting time on issues like these, I feel pity.
Your body only belongs to you
In my late childhood, I hid things from my family about being sexually abused or physically tortured because I only knew this thing that after knowing this everyone's gonna act like nothing had happened. Wish I had the courage to raise my voice only after you would have taught me this, Father!
You can marry whenever your heart allows not us
Seeing my elders getting married to the person our parents decided discouraged me from meeting someone I want to date. I lost so many years that could have been full of adventures, mistakes, and life lessons.
But I sacrificed everything for the sake of your misteaching father.
Today I have two children, Father! whom you adore a lot and they love you too. I am going to teach them everything that I have been yearning to learn in my life. I am going to give them all the freedoms that I longed for. I won't let them need to write an article like this sitting alone in my study, Father!
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