Always be grateful for your blessings, especially your heritage. When we are blessed with goodly parents, we should be grateful. This is the debt each of us owes for our heritage.
An old Chinese proverb reads, "When you drink the water, don't forget the well from whence it sprung." It is clear from the scriptures that we are to honor our parents. A proverb reads, "My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother" (Proverbs 6:20). The great German philosopher Goethe put it this way:
What from your fathers' heritage is lent, Earn it anew, to really possess it! 5It is clear that we need to be grateful for our parents and take positive action to acquire that which they would hope to bestow upon us. This is a step toward personal happiness.