It is THAT IMPORTANT!!!

The most demanding role I have is family but it is not an obvious mountain ahead that demands my attention.  Having a family does not come with a beginning, daily or any underlined proclamation of its importance.  One must decide for themselves how important it is and then act accordingly.  What causes me to see it as DEMANDING is my own BELIEF in its importance.  Aristotle said, “Give me a child until he is six and I will show you the man.”  St. Ignatius said “Give us a child until they are seven and we’ll have them for life.”  A child cannot distinguish what is real and what is fantasy, all is truth, including media they consume and playground talk they hear.  It has been my experience that the time frame is longer but still just as important.  My wife and I devoted ourselves to training our children in the ways we saw as important, faith, family, courage, bravery, service, empathy, self control, work, play and perseverance.   At some point most all humans will be handed a human and told, “Here’s your new human.”  You will have to decide how important they are because they are yours!!!  At least for a few years!  But there is one other great truth that may not be so evident, in the demanding came profound meaning.  It has been, in Christ, the third greatest adventure of meaning I have been granted, just behind me being God's child and Betty my beloved.  It is life!