Wordless Wednesday’s – #4
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Wordless Wednesday’s – #3
A Manifesto of Fatherhood – Revisited
Happy Day after Fathers Day to Everyone!
A little different post for Motivation Monday this week. I want to encourage parents, both fathers and mothers. This post is written from my perspective as a father, but it can apply to those moms who are parenting alone and filling both roles.
I hope every father had a great Fathers day. Now that the day set aside to be all about you is over, it’s time to get back to being the father your children need. Your influence and impact will either set them up for success or failure in life. You are their protector, comfort, soft place to land, compass, rock and shelter from the storm.
For fathers of daughters, as I am, who you are as a man will influence how they view other men. How you love and treat them, how you love and treat their mother will impact their belief and trust in other men.
Fathers, show your daughters what a real man is, and how a real man treats a lady. #MotivationMonday #FathersDay #EverydayYouAreADad #HappyDayAfterFathersDay
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“Think of the impact we would have if came alive as fathers. Your children will grow up and affect the lives of countless others and their children will go on and do the same. This ripple effect – this opportunity of compounding influence – has got to overwhelmingly dwarf whatever the majority of us may hope to accomplish at our jobs. Love your kids, men. Teach them to be strong, dedicated, focused, gentle, fierce, loyal.” - John Lovell, Warrior Poet Society
Love your kids, men. Teach them to be strong, dedicated, focused, gentle, fierce, loyal.” - John Lovell, Warrior Poet Society @johnlovell275
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The original post below was written back in 2013 when my daughter was 7 1/2 years old. She is now 15 1/2 and the words are as true today as they were then.
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Knowing that, God willing, no matter the circumstances, I will always be a daddy to my little girl;
Knowing that, God willing, my daughter will one day be an adult and leave to follow her own path;
- I will love my daughter for the gift that she is, not what she does
- I will cherish every moment we spend together
- I will strive to give her whatever wisdom I might possess
- I will teach her the value of relationships & honoring promises
- I will allow my daughter to soar upon her own wings
- I will let her go to travel the path God has laid before her
“May the Lord give me the wisdom to parent with love, humility and strength, to give my daughter only and always the best that I can offer.” ~M
“Life affords no greater responsibility, no greater privilege, than the raising of the next generation.” ~C. Everett Koop
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I encourage you to now write your own manifesto!
The Haunting Of…
Stare into my eyes
And what do you see
Beyond mere physical
The redness and fatigue
Past a tiredness and regret
The HAUNTING of
Whatever this way may come
In uncertainty and chaos
For in times of trouble
Steady on my friends
Hope is still alive
Sometimes we just don’t know, and sometimes we have to move and get off the X.
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You have the power to help, power to make the world a little better one ripple at a time. The future is uncertain and our souls need rest. Our hearts are haunted, it is a time of troubles and yet, we must believe that hope is still alive.
Challenge: During this time of uncertainty in which we find ourselves what one thing can you do?
#JustBelieve #HopeLives #LoveChangesPeople #WarriorsNeeded
Wordless Wednesday’s – #2
Wordless Wednesday – #1
Are There Colors Beyond the Gray?
- Seeing
- Seeking
- Shifting
- Searching
- Succeeding
Photo of Columbia River Gorge – Washington State, May 2020
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We see what we want to see.
We seek what it is that we wish to be.
We shift for the things we think we need.
We search for promises while our hearts bleed.
We succeed when gray turns to colors and we believe.
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Every good thing given and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shifting shadow. ~James 1:17
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What do you choose to believe?
#JustBelieve #HopeLives #LoveChangesPeople
Reflections
Reflections in the waves spark my memory, Some happy some sad ~Styx “Come Sail Away” #Lyrics #Truth #Music #Memories
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Sometimes we need to get away To disappear and disconnect Into the wild and unfettered Away from the responsibility The chains of obligation That bind us day to day
What do you do to get away and disconnect?
Time Never Cares
Time never cares what we do it just marches ever forward. There is no turning back when you realize what you regret. #LiveIntentionally #ChooseWisely #BeKind
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Each day and each moment offers us an opportunity to make a difference. To touch a life and help even one person breath easier, even for a single moment. How often do we allow those moments of opportunity just slip away as time moves on?
In these times we find ourselves in, it has been said we should never waste a crisis. Well, now is the time to be intentional in how we treat others. Especially those closest to us, those we may find ourselves sequestered with day after day.
- BE KIND
- SPEAK LIFE
- LOVE FREELY
- FORGIVE OFTEN
- GIVE GRACE
Pick one thing from the list today and extend that to others and especially to yourself. Remember you matter too, and time will march on whether we act or not.
Now what will you do today?
#JustBelieve #HopeLives #YouMatter
Today and Tomorrow
“Rest easy today and live your dreams, for we do not know what tomorrow may bring.”~M #Quote #Encouragement #Wisdom JustBelieve #HopeLives
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What are you doing in the midst of the quarantines, stay at home orders, shut down of businesses, limiting of non-essential travel and just all around craziness to stay sane?
This picture is my daughter riding her horse at the barn. It’s a place we can go to escape for a while. Family is important during this time and making memories is still possible and essential. Our love for others should have no bounds.
While it often feels that many of our freedoms are slowly being taken away little by little, I leave you with this.
“When riding a horse, we borrow freedom.” – Helen Thomson #quote
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Godspeed my friends. Now what will you do to today? Tomorrow?
