Please, is there a manual for
Fatherhood?
Blog #3
The many challenges and obstacles
that we face throughout life is nothing compared to the awesome task we have of
parenting and raising our children. The challenges of taking our children from
birth into adulthood is truly a GIFT that we receive in life that will
challenge us to the core but will shine brightly into our life and will
continue to give over and over as we receive fulfillment and joy of the
experiences. We will grow as individuals and partners as we go through these
times and the strength we gain will be unreal.
It is truly a time of magical growth within our lives.
I have the pleasure to speak at a
conference in the upcoming future on the topic of Fatherhood so I have spent a
lot of time reflecting back upon a few realities that I have learned during the
past 30 years as a father. I remember that we experienced many trying times
along the journey and it forced me many times to keep asking myself, “Is there
a parent’s manual to raise these kids?” I knew that we were just going to have
to do the best job we could with the knowledge we had at the current time and
learn from both the successes and failures we were going to endure. It turned
out to be a “real growth experience,” for both the children and parents. This
was simply the reality of being parents.
The first lesson in reality that we
learned is that the child’s most important teacher was not in the school they
attended but in the home under the guidance of US the parents. WOW, what an
awesome responsibility and privilege. We quickly discovered that we were to
model positive and uplifting behaviors and actions for the children. These
tasks turned out to be very tough and challenging but we were able to “fail
forward” as we grew stronger spiritually, emotionally, and personally as we met
these challenges.
NEXT WEEK- We will continue with more realities learned from Fatherhood.
Stay Positive, Jim Green
