Food For Thought

 

#1

“The only man who never makes mistakes is the man who never does anything.” ― Theodore Roosevelt

#2

“Everything we hear is an opinion, not a fact. Everything we see is a perspective, not the truth.” ― Marcus Aurelius , Meditations

#3

“The best index to a person’s character is how he treats people who can’t do him any good, and how he treats people who can’t fight back.” ― Abigail Van Buren

#4

“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” ― Winston S. Churchill

#5

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

#6

“I’m not in this world to live up to your expectations and you’re not in this world to live up to mine.” ― Bruce Lee

#7

“The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.” ― Lao Tzu, Te Tao Ching

#8

“Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.” ― Aristotle

#9

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” ― Albert Einstein

#10

“Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.” ― Bertrand Russell

#11

“A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.” ― Mark Twain

#12

“In a time of deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” ― George Orwell, 1984

That, despite what movies/TV/literature hammer into your brains, fathers can be emotionally available, engaged, great parents.

 

I’m the sole parent of a son and two daughters and I’ve had to listen to “what does mom think of her getting this haircut?”, and “tell mom to schedule an appointment” for years.