Father's Day

As I sat in my chair this morning, enjoying my coffee with homemade expressions of love from my family by my side, I read a wonderful post on the topics of honor and fatherhood. If you are a dad, I recommend it to you as required reading. Some excerpts:

A good father reveals the nature of honor to his sons and daughters through his conduct. He is loyal to his wife and children, despite the easy temptations offered by the modern world. He works to build a better future for them, rather than waiting for it to be dropped in his lap, or demanding others provide it for him. He rejoices in this task, and his joy is so obvious that his family forgives his occasional moments of weariness or frustration. Through marriage, he has chosen duty over indulgence. He sees the intricate beauty of permanence, when the flickering neon light of passing fancy is more obvious. Honor is one of the many frequencies of love. ...

The honor we inherit from our fathers makes us adventurers, explorers, architects, and paladins. Without it, too many people become predatory, or sessile. Either way, those people are clay to be molded by the will of others. When we act in the name of our fathers, we bear the strength of history. Deprived of this strength, many are trapped forever in the present moment, with past and future beyond their reach. A good father teaches us that the past and future come as a set.

Read the whole thing. I can only hope that despite my imperfection and all too frequent failures in parenting, that my sons inherit some portion of this idea of honor - indeed one of the many frequencies of love.

Happy Father's Day to all.