What were the main lessons that I learned from my parents? I think the main lessons that I learned from them were to really work on creating good relationships through loving other people by being empathetic to their needs. And if I had the power within me that I should do what I can to always help another person. When we were younger, we had a lot of different people come live with us, live with my parents. Our home was kind of this open home for people who are needing support.

If people were needing shelter, if people were needing help, my home was that, and as a kid, that was actually really hard for me because I felt protective of my space. But now, being an adult and realizing that there was a lot of power that my parents had to help other people to. Sometimes they were teenagers in our neighborhood who were having a hard time. Sometimes they were family members, and sometimes they were just people who may need that extra space because they were having construction done on their home.

Or maybe there had been a fire or flooding in their home that made it so it wasn't livable at the time. My parents would always say, come live with us. We would have people in our homes for weeks and months at a time. So that was a really good lesson that I learned from my parents to always share what we have to give freely, because when we do that, they're always going to be a good benefit that comes back whether it's just better relationships with people.

Or maybe there could be that satisfaction of knowing that you we're able to help someone else. Sometimes we call it the currency of goodwill, knowing that you've been able to help someone makes you feel richer in life and more abundant in life. So that's one of the best lessons I learned from my parents.