What about our children? The little ones we bring into this world.
The impressionable ones.
The ones we hold in our arms.
The ones who look to us as their first heroes.
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Children are such a blessing. And sometimes in the midst of being blindsided by life, we lose sight of our own blessings.
What about our children?
What example do they have to follow?
When I have to get my point across by any means necessary, it doesn’t matter how I speak to or about people. Because me being heard takes precedence over everything.
Why can it be so hard to put my ego aside?
What about our children?
So impressionable. They want to be just like Daddy. They want to be just like Mommy. Can I look in the mirror when I’m all alone and say, “I want my child to be like me”?
What about our children?
Children are a blessing. It’s my responsibility to remember the blessing that they are and treat them as more sacred than my most prized possession.
My example to them in the way that I treat others is what will help mold them into being the best versions of themselves.
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In everything I do, in everything I say, let me not ever forget to ask myself, “What about our children?”
If I didn’t do it yesterday, I vow to start today.
I’ll do my best.
I’ll be the father that my children need me to be. I’ll be the father that my children need to see.
Originally published on the author’s Instagram page.