In our life, we often have a person whom we consider to be the model, the ideal which we would like to resemble. In my life, my father was such a kind of model. However, I cannot say that I would like to be a copy of my father or that I fully accept his principles and ideals. In fact, I believe that each person is unique, but still I highly appreciate basic principles I have learned from my father. It is due to my father I have learned that there are more important values than wealth and money and that people should always remain truly human, regardless of their environment and the hardships they face in their life.
First of all, I would like to say that my father was a person who did not attempt to lecture me. Instead, he just talked to me as a person who had an extensive experience in his life and, frankly speaking I do not know why, I often agreed with him, even though, at first, I attempted to argue with him. Nevertheless, I believe that my father did not just had a gift to persuade people but he rather made people respect him with his deeds more than with his words.


On looking back into my past, I can hardly remember an episode where I would criticize actions of my father. In this respect, I recall an episode from my childhood, when I was about to quarrel with my father and I felt really angry at that moment. In fact, I was about eight, when I wanted to take a puppet, but my father totally rejected this idea. I remember that he did not forbid me to take a puppet, but he rather persuaded me that it would not be a good idea to bring a puppet to our house. At first, I could not agree with my father’s arguments, because I did not take them seriously. Now, I understand that my desire to take a puppet was stronger than my common sense. But my father managed to persuade me that I was not ready to take a puppet at that time. When I first told my father that I was going to take a puppet, he just asked me to talk to him about my decision. At first, he asked me why I was so eager to have a puppet. I did my best to explain that it would great to have a puppet, but in the course of conversation I understood with the help of my father that if I took a puppet I would take a great responsibility, which I was not ready to take at the moment. My father explained to me that I would be responsible for the puppet I was going to take and it was the first time when I thought serious about effects of the decision I was about to take. Eventually, I understood that I could not take care of the puppet.
In such a way, I learned from my father that we should be responsible for our actions because often it is the life and well being of others that depend on our decisions and actions. This experience was very important for me and influenced my personality significantly.

Works cited:
Russell, G. Introduction to Philosophy. New York: Random House, 2005.

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