This is going to be sappy.
I’m not one of those dads who says, ‘I didn’t know what I was here to do until I met my kids.’ I’m more of the value added kind of guy. I feel like my life was really good before kids and now things are even better. This isn’t an everyday sort of feeling. Once kids pass a certain age their cute to terrible ratio falls seriously out of whack. Today I watched my kids experience pure joy. They laughed and played and showed an exuberance that reminded me of how utterly great it was to be a kid and how nearly as great it can be to watch them.
Happiness is a gift. I promised myself that over the next few weeks I would take stock of all the gifts life brings me and, considering that, go forward with deciding how the rest of my life should be. The one thing I know is that is extremely important to experience happiness and share in the happiness of others. Pain happens to all of us, but so does joy. As much pain as I have experienced and will experience in my life, I know that joy is always waiting for me on the other side.
Joy was watching the boys have fun today and seeing how much they appreciate the little things in life that I all too often overlook.