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so many people don't get it.
What you hear today is,"I don't spend much time with
them, but when I do I give them real quality time".
It's not quantity it's quality.
Sorry, Quality is spent T-I-M-E. My kids don't care that I'm
a National Director and I travel around the country holding
these conferences. They just want me. I believe, as parents
,we need to try to do something of value with our kids each
day.
Now that's a big commitment. But my kids have taught me it
doesn't have to be anything `big'. A mock fight on the floor,
a made-up bedtime story , a walk around the block. One thing
I like to do is just walk around the block, or go to the swings
with Natasha - she's a laugh a minute.
She
has this wonderful sense of humour, even as a four year old.
Let me end with this neat story. About a year ago, Natasha
and I were walking around the block one night. I looked down
and saw that her feet were going nineteen to the dozen just
to keep up with me.
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Then
I thought back to when I was a kid. I remembered walking beside
my dad. He's six foot six. I could picture having to run beside
him just to keep up. Then I could picture a time when we walked
along the beach together.
I could still see his footprints in the sand and the huuuge
gap between. I remember having to leap from one footstep to
the next and never being able to reach. I looked down again
at Natasha, this time with a little more understanding and
said to her, "Oh Natasha, am I walking too fast?" I will never
forget her reply.
No, daddy, but I am !!"
It's amazing - when we spend time with our children they give
us a whole new outlook on life. And if we want they can mould
us into men of character, integrity - Leaders. Remember the
saying; "A man who thinketh he leadeth and turns around to
find nobody following is merely taking a walk."
My kids taught me that!
(c)
Andy Bray |
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