…fail yourself,
…fail your wife,
…fail your children,
…your family,
…fail your life.
These moments are not possible without extremely strong, vulnerable and trusting relationships and the structures we create to support them.
What are you doing about yours today?
Here’s another plug for a book I just finished and currently re-reading this time much slower and with deliberate reflective insight. Looking for a place to start? Start with yourself and let this be your guide.
Getting caught up on reading of an early release of ‘Father’s Day’… an incredibly quick, yet poignant read regarding what is capable when a man is fully invested in his life, love and family… You don’t have to be married to find a wealth of well grounded advice regarding life and relationships within this short tome. In fact, you don’t have to be a Father, let alone male to find it equally informative, stimulating of thought and corrective actions to lean into… I’m reminded of Frederick Douglass’s quote “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Nowhere is this better articulated than in the cycle of child into man, man into husband, husband into father, all encompassed in the state of marriage. If children truly are our future, our marriages are the bedrock from which they will spring…
Manning Up Smart 