Today I am thankful that I have learned to pace myself so that I no longer (as my wife constantly pointed out) run too far ahead of my wife and sons, always out of reach, just around the next bend in the road, in hot pursuit of whatever career or life goal I was obsessing over at that point in my life. I am thankful for the pauses, both natural and imposed, that life sent my way; I am grateful for the lessons learned and absorbed in those moments, and for the new commitments I made, and which life made on my behalf, to be a better husband and friend to my wife, and a better, more present father to my boys, even if it meant giving up further progression in my career.
Ironic, then, that after taking a leap of faith to venture into a new world of work three years ago, one with a far less frenetic pace (though far more challenging in its newness and complexity), and one in which I was no longer obsessing over the next move up the ladder, the next move did in fact come in a more natural way, and in a way that allows me to run beside (or paddle along with) the special people that mean the most to me, my dear wife and my boys.
I am especially thankful for the Lord's blessings, and his never wavering support to keep us together and for always leading us all to a better place.
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