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\nI spent years of my life wanting to take revenge on my father because he abandoned me when I needed him the most. When life gave me the chance to do it, I thought twice.\n
One day I opened the door and I saw someone I didn\u2019t expect. It was my dad. I hadn\u2019t seen him for ages. In fact, I didn\u2019t want to.\n
\u201cHi, son. I\u2019m sorry to come like this. I tried to call you but you didn\u2019t answer your phone,\u201d he told me.\n
\u201cYeah, what do you want?\u201d\n
\u201cI was wondering if maybe I could stay with you\u2026 I don\u2019t have a place right now, so\u2026\u201d\n
\u201cYou can stay. But you have to pay rent.\u201d\n
\u201cBut I don\u2019t have any money at all\u2026 and you\u2019re the only person who can help me.\u201d\n
\u201cI don\u2019t care,\u201d I said, feeling my heart tighten. \u201cYou can live on the street. I wish God had taken you instead of mom!\u201d\n
I slammed the door and my wife was just behind me. She was pissed with what just happened but she had no idea what I went through with this man. She pushed me to tell her, so I did.
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It all started when I turned 18. My mom had passed away 2 years before that, so I think my dad was still adapting to taking both roles. He prepared a surprise birthday party and everything. After we celebrated, he asked me what I was planning to do with my living situation and I was like, what the heck?\n
He told me I was an adult and if I wanted to stay with him in the house, I needed to pay some kind of rent. I was so angry. Pay rent? To my own father?! What\u2019s wrong with him?\n
He continued with his argument saying that was normal and I had to grow up. When I told him I\u2019d rather live in a dorm in college than pay him rent, he said he couldn\u2019t afford college and I had to pay for it myself. That I should either get a job or a loan.\n
\u201cI felt betrayed, Julie. I didn\u2019t expect that. That\u2019s why I left,\u201d I told my wife.\n
Julie said my father reached out to her a few days earlier and that she gave him our address. That\u2019s right, she didn\u2019t tell me anything either\u2026\n
And then, she suggested I forgive my father. \u201cIt\u2019s been years,\u201d she said.\n
But no. I wasn\u2019t ready. I didn\u2019t want to forgive him. He was the one who threw me out like some kind of stray dog. \u201cNo, Julie, I work 24\/7 to at least, eat normally. And he? He just abandoned me! No forgiveness!\u201d I told her.\n
\u201cCome on, honey, he\u2019s your father!\u201d\n
\u201cSo what? You don\u2019t know! You don\u2019t understand\u2026 Only my mom truly loved me. And she would have never allowed him to kick me out of my own house and\u2026\u201d\n
\u201cNick,\u201d Julie interrupted me, \u201cdo you know your father\u2019s side of the story? I mean you lost your mom but he lost his wife\u2026 Have you thought about how this affected him as well?\u201d\n
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\u201cYou know what? THAT\u2019S ENOUGH!\u201d I shouted, \u201cI don\u2019t want to hear it!! I\u2019m done\u2026\u201d\n
Julie almost burst into tears. We barely fought and I knew she was trying to help me. I decided to get some fresh air and went for a walk.\n
When I passed by some benches, I couldn\u2019t believe my eyes. I spotted a man sleeping on one but I thought it was a hobo. But I looked a second time and I knew I knew him from somewhere\u2026 it was my dad!\n
\u201cDad, wake up! Are you OK?\u201d\n
He woke up straight away, \u201cNick, is that you?!\u201d\n
\u201cYes, dad, I\u2019m really sorry! I just\u2026\u201d\n
\u201cI just wanted you to do good in life and\u2026\u201d\n
\u201cShh, easy dad, that\u2019s okay, that\u2019s okay.\u201d\n
He burst into tears. \u201cI thought if you had to pay rent then maybe\u2026 maybe you would move on. I wanted to help you, son. You were just sitting on the couch. You weren\u2019t doing anything.\u201d He continued, visibly emotional, \u201cI wanted to motivate you to get a job and live your life.\u201d\n
\u201cI know I couldn\u2019t pay for your college because I invested the money into my business and\u2026 I was gonna give the business to you. But I lost everything, Nick.\u201d\n
I finally understood what Julie meant. His part of the story. Everything he did was with good intentions. So I couldn\u2019t leave him like that. I knew I was the only person he had left.\n
\u201cNo, dad,\u201d I replied. \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for you, I would have stayed on the couch and achieved nothing. You pushed me for good and I needed to get out of my comfort zone.\u201d\n
\u201cYes, that\u2019s what I wanted, Nick.\u201d\n
\u201cI know, dad. But I didn\u2019t see it that way. I thought you betrayed me. But because you did what you did, now I have a great job and a beloved family. And that\u2019s all thanks to you!\u201d\n
\u201cI know I did a lot of things\u2026 I know I hurt you, son. Can you forgive me?\u201d\n
\u201cNo, it\u2019s you who should forgive me, dad!\u201d Suddenly, I felt something shifting inside of me. I had been practicing meditation a lot and one of them was about forgiveness. I could never truly forgive my father before, but that day, I did it. Finally.\n
\u201cI\u2019ve held this anger for so many years\u2026 And I\u2019ve tried different things to get rid of it. But now I understand\u2026 I was wrong.\u201d I stood up and took him by the hand. \u201cLet\u2019s go home, dad. We have a lot to talk about\u2026\u201d\n
\u201cThank you, son. I love you! I\u2019ve always loved you!\u201d\n
\u201cYou\u2019ll be a grandfather!\u201d\n
\u201cWait, what? Is Julie pregnant?!\u201d\n
What can we learn from this story?\n
We should always appreciate our parents. We are all humans and we make mistakes. We never know what kind of sacrifices they went through for us.
\nForgiveness can set one free. Nick was holding grudges against his father for so many years and he felt free when he forgave the man.
\nShare this story with your friends. It might brighten their day and inspire good deeds.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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