It’s easy to be loving and tolerant when you agree with a person’s lifestyle and views. The real test is when you fundamentally disagree with a person’s point of view but you still love them anyway.
Love <> Always Agree
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It’s easy to be loving and tolerant when you agree with a person’s lifestyle and views. The real test is when you fundamentally disagree with a person’s point of view but you still love them anyway.
Love <> Always Agree
One of the most vivid images that come to mind as I think about Fatherhood is the reception I get every evening when I get home. As I turn the key in the door, I hear little screaming voices and the thumping of little feet as my two little girls run around the house to celebrate my return. Some evenings, they run right up to my legs and hug them feverishly in absolute delight. On other days, they decide to ‘surprise’ me, so what I hear as I am turning the key is ‘Daddy’s here, HIDE!!’
So of course, I play along and pretend I don’t know where they are, then feign ‘surprise’ when they jump out and proceed to hug my legs.
The delight and joy is so genuine and unforced that regardless of what kind of day I have had, they manage to put a big smile on my face and bring my spirits up. There are few places that this type of unconditional love and adoration can be found and as a father, I don’t take it lightly.
10 Things (out of possibly a million) I have learned in the past five years of fatherhood:
The Most Significant Change
Perhaps the most significant change in my life that has come from being a father is that I have to think in terms of legacy … what I do today impacts what my little girls will be able to do tomorrow. There is no way to get around this and I have seen plenty of examples where there is a ‘Fatherhood void’ and the struggles that come with that. The gravity of this responsibility is very humbling and impacts almost everything I do on a daily basis.
When I feel those tight hugs on my legs when I come home in the evenings there is a joy that wells up in me and a little voice that reminds me: ‘This is why you do what you do …’