Take care of yourself first to give your best self to others.
Society has led me to believe that feelings of contentment translate to being lazy and having no ambition. I told myself I would never let myself get comfortable with where I was in my career, or even from a personal standpoint.
When it comes to your job, it’s not a question of whether or not you’re ambitious; rather, it’s about what your ambitions are.
What it means to be a father — how does that look?
This is a question I seem to ask myself every single day. Every time I see my son and daughter. It’s a question that keeps me up at night. It’s one of the biggest fears I have; not knowing the answers and not being the father they deserve.
I’m new to this. I’m only three years old as a father. But, I learn every single day, small snippets here and there. Over time they accumulate. Right, wrong or indifferent I’m gathering the components of what I think creates a father my children deserve.
We have this innate pressure from within to try and fix everything. As if we always have the answers on how to heal other people’s pain and misery.
We sit across from them spewing out words of advice trying to nudge them towards the light. To begin their trek towards happiness once again.
Maybe it’s not what we intend to do, but sitting their knowing they are in a dark place, there might be a void. A space of stillness and silence. Not knowing what to do we try and fill it.