What do you think is the most important thing that your grandparents taught you?

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Again, my Grandfather... and I saved this for this question. Grandpa B could do many, many things. Just on their property at the Lake of the Ozarks, he build the garage, the guest-house, flumes to carry water from the top of the hill to the lake without erroding the hill away, the docks, and he terraced their land, building sea-walls and retaining walls.

He was a college professor, he had a small farm for many years, he was a good seat-of-your-pants engineer, and he was interested in EVERYTHING. And the most important thing he taught us... was this. I heard him say, many times that... If you can do one thing really well, you can make a lot of money.

If you can do a lot of things pretty well, you'll never make a lot of money, but you'll have a lot of fun. And that's been my family philosophy, ever since. We're interested in EVERYTHING--and that idea opens the whole world to you--like magic.

Sources: My grandfather... NancyE's Recommendations The Pie and Pastry Bible Amazon List Price: $45.00 Used from: $12.99 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 72 reviews) My mother, my sister and I all learned to make pie crust because Pie was his very favorite food. I think of him every time I make pie, and especially when I have a piece for breakfast the next day. That's something else we learned from him!.

How to be giving... My grandparents are the most giving people I know. My grandmother hasn't worked outside the home her entire life but at 67 is still running more than 40 hours a week. She helps out at church, she feeds my great grandmother at the nursing home, she picks up my younger cousins from volleyball practice, she'll babysit my kids at the drop of a dime, she's on funeral committees to prepare food for the greiving, they donate to good causes and are just overal the representation of the golden rule.

I'm so fortunate for having them in my life.

My grandfather taught me the value of money and investing. He had a sixth grade education, because he went to work when his father died. They eventually moved to West Texas from the Chicago area and settled.By working hard and saving money, my grandfather bought most of the land in part of a cotton county in West Texas.

For many years, they farmed and ranched the land without knowing about the oil. He began reading the Wall Street Journal and became quite an investor in the stock market. For our birthdays, Christmas or just because, he bought stocks for the grandchildren.

To make a long story short, my grandfather with his sixth grade education became a self-made millionaire. I respect his boldness, curiosity, and willingness to take a chance. He taught us that with hard work and determination, you can alter the course of your life.

Txteacher's Recommendations The Wall Street Journal 1-year subscription Amazon List Price: $338.00 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 11 reviews) At that time, not many people in West Texas even knew what the Wall Street Journal was about.

Almost everything I know I grew up with 2 great grand mothers and 2 grandmother and one distant grand father grandpa cardona taught me true love is undyeing see my answer here: askville.amazon.com/sweetest-thing-man-%... my grandma cardona taught me about hard work and my grammi raised me mostly. She taught me a woman can do anything a man can do she taught me how to pour cement lay tile patch drywall paint stucco put down carpet put up wall paper trim trees pot plants work on my car she taught me how to cook bake do math write my abc hunt for easter eggs make my bed clean a bath tub wash walls.... shall I go on lol. My grammi raised her 4 kids alone and then raised me.

She was the mother and father I always needed and never had. She was my world my provider and protector. And when we hated each other and could just kill each other we would still come running for each other if we needed it or was in trouble.My grandma was a real hard ass biotch but she was also the most caring sweet woman in the world that made my nightmares go away and wiped my tears when life broke my heart.

Shed kick my ass when I needed it and cuddle me when that was needed too! She is an amazing woman! And if it wasent for her id probbibly be a drug addict in jail or worse... she saved me and she didn’t have to.

Sources: my live Video this is the perfect song for my grammi! .

My grandparents taught me to be open minded. They didn't teach it intentionally either. My Mamaw was a religious/pious woman who believe the Good Book, prayer, and education had all the answers.

She said "Idle hands are the devil's playthings. " Too often these days children expect for everything to be laid onto their lap. And what they aren't given - then their hands are reaching for - "Mine, mine, mine..." like those dang segulls in the Pixar film "Finding Nemo".

My Papaw was a student to EXPERIENCE, which for me - is the greatest teacher. He said, "Busy hands are happy ones. " Nakoma once explained to me that when children are first seated around a campfire - it's best not to tell them to touch it - it's better they reach out and touch it.

This teaches them not to do something - rather than tempts their curiosity. Ecclesiastes 3 A Time for Everything 1 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: 2 a time to be born and a time to die, a time to plant and a time to uproot, 3 a time to kill and a time to heal, a time to tear down and a time to build, 4 a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance, 5 a time to scatter stones and a time to gather them, a time to embrace and a time to refrain, 6 a time to search and a time to give up, a time to keep and a time to throw away, 7 a time to tear and a time to mend, a time to be silent and a time to speak, 8 a time to love and a time to hate, a time for war and a time for peace. Max Ehrmann Desiderata Go placidly amid the noise and haste, and remember what peace there may be in silence.As far as possible without surrender be on good terms with all persons.

Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others, even the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain and bitter; for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery.

But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism. Be yourself. Especially, do not feign affection.

Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment it is as perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are born of fatigue and loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees and the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive and whatever your labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.

Max Ehrmann, Desiderata, Copyright 1952. So - my grandparents balanced one another out and I've ended up alright. I believe Nakoma said it best when he wrote Honor the Elders: Let us look to the Elder for their experience, for they are one of our greatest resources.

Seek them out and listen to their wisdom while they can tell us. They have lived longer than we. They have worried and suffered for us ~ more than we know.

They are rich in memories, dignity, and respect. From them we inherit life, roots, and wings. With the gift of life, though sorrows surely be along the way, it is up to each of us to find the joy, to appreciate the good things, to learn from the bad ~ and to care for others.

The roots ~ our heritage, traditions, family ties, treasured memories ~ give us strength in pride and dignity. It is up to us to keep the heartbeat going ~ to preserve for the generations. The wings ~ the freedom upon which to build our lives from the foundations, to carry on the good values, to gain knowledge and experiences in pursuit of wisdom.

May we always have the wisdom to listen to our Elders. -Nakoma http://nakomaarts.com/ Sources: My experience and education VitruvianMe's Recommendations Oh, the Places You'll Go!(Classic Seuss) Amazon List Price: $17.99 Used from: $0.64 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 229 reviews) Out of My Life and Thought (The Albert Schweitzer Library) Amazon List Price: $18.95 Used from: $8.93 Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 (based on 10 reviews) 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Amazon List Price: $14.95 Used from: $6.83 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 181 reviews) Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian story of the American West Amazon List Price: $16.00 Used from: $4.50 Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5 (based on 160 reviews) People's story of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) Amazon List Price: $18.95 Used from: $7.991 Average Customer Rating: 4.0 out of 5 (based on 601 reviews) Books along the road that my grandparents would recommend... Video Wear Sunscreen .

Has one or both of your parents taught you a very important value in life, that you can still hear clearly.........

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.