Wednesday Words of Wisdom #128
As I sit here typing this, my eyes keep flitting over to the little screen on the video baby monitor that sits beside my laptop.
I’m looking for sights and listening for sounds that tell me that Rose is alive and well.
A tiny fart tells me all is well, for another 30 seconds anyway.
This thing really creeps me out but its a fantastic piece of kit (Thank you John and Marie) so we use it all the time.
I’ve watched way too many horror films in my time and now any time I see grainy black and white camera footage, I expect the Blair Witch or Satan himself to empty their bowels all over the screen.
I always think that I would be scared if I saw anything untoward pop up on the screen but truth be told I would be in that room and springing into action before I even had time to think of what I was facing.
I would walk into a room full of Russian football hooligans if it meant keeping Rose safe.
There simply isn’t a scenario that you could come up with that would stop me from protecting my daughter.
You may say that that is very cute or sweet or admirable or whatever other adjective happens to pop into your head.
But in reality, it isn’t.
It’s my duty as a Father to protect my baby from harm.
To ensure that she has a good life and that she is as happy as I can make her.
If you have kids, you’ll know what I’m talking about. Even if you don’t have kids, you can probably relate on some level.
There’s another person that you have a duty to as well though and often times you let this person down by neglecting them and putting them last instead of first……..
YOU
I’ve talked with people about this before and many can’t seem to get their heads around the need for more self care.
I have worked with numerous people (you ladies especially) who continuously see to the wants and needs of others to the detriment of their own happiness.
People that cater for everyone else first and leave themselves to last and suffer as a result, in silence.
People who traipse the country doing good for others when deep down they feel nothing but bad. Pleasing everyone but themselves.
You cannot be of use to others if you do not first cater to the basic needs of yourself.
How can you expect to bring happiness into the lives of others if you have not made time for your own happiness?
You can’t live a full life whilst feeling empty inside.
I want you to do me a favour, do yourself a favour.
Take some time today, or whenever you next get a chance, and look when was the last time that you did something for you, no one else, just you.
It could be cooking a meal that you want to eat, reading a book that you always wanted to read, watching a movie that you love, going for a walk on your own, taking up a hobby that has always interested you. It doesn’t matter what it is, it only matters that it makes you happy and that you are doing it for you.
We cannot expect others to be the guardians of our happiness if we are not ready to pursue it for ourselves.
I want only the best for you in your life.
I consider it an honour that you read the words that my clumsy fingers type. That makes me happy and I thank you for that.
Its time to embark on a journey to find your own happiness and oh what a journey that shall be.
Now excuse me whilst I bolt upstairs, I’m near 100% sure I just saw yer doll from the Excorcist movie skiting past this baby monitor!!!!!!!!!