January 4, :10:18

It was strange, hard at times and a bit awkward to be back within walls that are not my house, not my home, without my family today in the workworld. The day went well enough, but that life balancing issue, currency, miracles, so many puzzles to be examined just from these things I am writing about recently.

Let's focus on today's lesson a bit more--work. I spent time meditating this morning and this afternoon on the following thoughts:


We work to provide.
We work to create.
We work hard sometimes to build relationships.
We work hard sometimes to maintain different types of relationships.
We work hard to get it right.
We work even harder and get it wrong.

I found no direct answers, nor expected any, but it was calming to take that moment for myself in the day, twice, to examine the places where I had been walking, where I was in the now and what I needed to do to step forward. As I said, no specific answers, but I'm like you just trying to sort through some of this and create a platform to, I suppose, evolve from. 365 days right? A goal. Ok, breathe deep, step after step.

Work...today's lesson--

As I moved through our evening--as quick as it went-- it still allowed me to take stock in an appreciation of the work here (bathing children, making lunches, doing dishes, watching a film, reading together, putting on a band-aid or giving medicine, watching a child read a book, do their homework or just plain get silly) this is the right type of work for me to be involved in--sign me up, give me my id and I'm punching my timecard for this kind of employment. It pays more in a second, in a day, in a year than any other type of job I've ever known.

Dads, give ten extra hugs to your kids tonight, tell them you love them even more and make sure your wife or partner knows just much much you appreciate them before the night is through. Too much slips by unrecognized in the day to not take a few precious moments for the real work that suits you best--so do the very best you can to live up to it. I'm proud of you dads, you real men unafraid to love and hug, to take care of your families, to make promises and keep them.
I am writing about it, but in the diaper-filled, toy-strewn dojos of cities and suburbs everywhere you right now are doing the real work.

Zen Daddy

Zen Daddy