The Best Advice I Ever Got – Lessons Learned FROM THE WILSON, LAKE & HERBERT FAMILY
***Pamela Herbert Lee: “My Dad, Ralph Herbert told me that I could be a leader or a follower and that I had to decide which I would be!”
***Michelle Herbert Epps: “The best advice I ever received and I still practice today was given to me by my dad, Earnest Herbert, Sr. He still says it to this day! ‘Complaining won’t change anything, so why bother complaining.’ His saying is timeless and in line with the Bible. Complaining keeps you focused on the problem, which you don’t want to do!”
***Christopher Kareem Herbert: “Speak things into existence!”
***Dara E. Herbert: “Focus and finish!”, advice from her dad, Darryl F. Herbert.
***Earnest Herbert, Sr. “Whatever you do, be the best you can be at it!” told to him by his maternal grand-pop, the late, Lawson Williams.
***Helen Lake: Reflecting back over the years, the best advice I ever got was to “Treat others as you want to be treated” and “Don’t let the sun set with you in a provoked state.” There is a lot of practical value when these bits of advice are applied in your life.
***Latoya Hollingsworth Logan: Trust in the lord with all your heart; and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he shall direct your paths. Proverbs 3:5-6 NIV
***Terri Barnum Herbert: Advice given by her mother, the late, Dorothy Barnum, “Always keep your receipts; pay your bills on time and punctuality is important!”
***Devyn M. Herbert: “The only way out is the way through! ” advice from her dad, Darryl F. Herbert.
***Michael Herbert, Jr. “What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us!”
***Denzel Herbert: Life’s too short to mess with ugly women!” (LOL) advice given to him by his father, Chris Herbert, Sr.
***Ralph Herbert, Sr. “W hat you mean your back hurt, you ain’t got no back – you ain’t got nothing but gristle!” -told to him by his father, the late, William Herbert. (that meant. . . keep it movin!!!!)
***Lisa Poe Dickens: “Remember . . . in my absence, God sees all things!” Advice from her mom, Carmita Crowder Poe!”
***Michael Herbert, Sr. My advice to the young — “listen to your parents— that is instant wisdom!”
***Lavette Fitts: “JUST SMILE!”
***Marie Hodge Griffin: “Follow the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
***Susie Williams Herbert: Trust in God and do good!” advice from her mother, the late, Elizabeth Williams.
***Ralph Herbert, Jr. “Follow your heart. Keep your butt on the block! And your outer beauty doesn’t last, but your inner beauty does!” Heard from his mom, Anita Herbert and dad, Ralph Herbert, Sr.
***Billy Herbert: “If you listen, you might learn something and think before you speak!”
***Sophia Herbert: “Remember, what goes around, comes around!”
***Earnest Herbert, Jr. He says he’s learned along the way that, “the Lord will never put more on you than you can bear. And you have to keep the faith!”
***Gloria Leaks Gaymon: As told to her by her paternal grandmother, the late, Lillian Spearman Leaks, “Go to school and get an education!”
***Darryl F. Herbert: “If you can’t be used; you’re useless!” Heard from his pop, Fletcher Herbert.
***Stephanie Tadlock: Her mother, Doloris Tadlock always told her, “Follow the golden rule and don’t act up in school because if you act up . . . I’ am going to act out!”
***Denise Jones Herbert: “Be kind to others”
***Doloris Herbert Tadlock: Her mom, the late Eunice Herbert would tell her: “I can be your best friend or your worst enemy!”
***Patricia Haley Hawkins: “Walk out on faith, and perseverance is faith. Also, P.U.S.H. . . . Pray Until Something Happens!”
***Christopher W. Herbert, Sr. He says he learned from his grandfather, the late, William Herbert, Sr. “the importance of helping others – and Grand pop practiced what he preached. He was an honorable man!”
***Fletcher Herbert: His mom, the late, Susie Williams Herbert used to tell him to “remember to take care of your pennies and your dollars will take care of themselves!”
***Mary Aydlett Herbert: Told to her by her mother, the late, Regina Aydlett, “Once a task is begun, never leave it until it’s done; be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.”
Respectfully Submitted by Mary Herbert of the Philadelphia Chapter of the Wilson, Lake, Herbert Family Reunion Circle
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