The Best Things You've Learned From Your Parents

My Mum taught me how to read. She taught me not to complain, to work hard, and to not assume that I am entitled to something just because my friends have it... that we all come from different situations and the truly meaningful measure of success is not so much how far we get in life but how far we have travelled.

I had a number of fathers growing up, never knew my real one, and only ever had a real relationship with the last one. He taught me that I was worth saving. That alone has kept me going, methinks. Knowing that no matter how much I screw up he'll still think I'm worth something makes the mysteries of life that much less intimidating.

Jam it back in, in the dark.