FATHERHOOD:
A MAN'S HEART AND SOUL
By: D. A. Sears, Managing Editor
In Search of Fatherhood® FORUM FOR AND ABOUT THE FATHERS OF THE WORLD
Children are a man's heart and soul. He will walk through fire for them.
They are the reason he rises early in the morning and heads off to a back-breaking and mind-bending job for eight, ten and sometimes twelve hours each day. And at the end of the workday, they are the reason he races home. Seeing their faces light up with a smile and hearing gleeful shrieks of "Daddy's Home!" as his children run to greet him when he arrives home makes him forget how tired he is.
 The memory of the difficult times he may have had at work quickly fade away. He nurtures his children. He disciplines them. He mentors them. He inspires them and yes, there are moments, when his children inspire him. Sometimes, in the still of the night as his children sleep, he is awake wondering if he is doing all that he can to positively contribute to the intellectual, emotional and physical development of his children. There are only so many hours in a day. And time passes so quickly. Is he spending enough time with them?
He worries about the world his children will inherit when they reach adulthood. Will the world be a safer and peaceful place? He wonders - when it is time for his children to strike out on their own and carve a niche for themselves in the world, will they remember the lessons of their childhood? He wonders if he can move his family forward, if he can develop a plan to create greater educational and economic opportunities for his children.
The physical health and safety of his children are of great concern to him. Sometimes, he wonders if other fathers have the same aspirations, hopes and fears he has! Yet, somehow -- against all odds and sometimes under the most difficult set of circumstances - he is able to positively shape the minds and soul of his children. He is able to equip them with the tools they will need in their quest to become successful in life.
Somehow, he is able to equip them with a value system that will stand the test of time. Deep within his psyche, he knows that he has done the best he can do. No one can ask or expect anything more. When it's all said and done, your children appreciate and cherish you. In their own unique way Men, through Fatherhood, become the heart and soul of the world.
Fathers are very special people.
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