Often I find I am saying no, just for the sake of saying no. Or telling the kids to stop doing something with no real rationale.

I’m challenged to add more “light-and-shade” to my fathering. It’s all about balance.

Maybe I find myself in a “monochromatic” state because I am jealous. My kids are carefree; they are joyful; they are playful. Are these things that I have forgotten? Often I am tempted to think that “their ignorance is their bliss”.

But maybe I am the ignorant one.

Is it because I know too much of this world to ever really be joyful? Or is it that I am too *attached* to this world to ever be joyful? The answer I think is clear!

Maybe I need to reflect more on the attachment I have with God in Christ. This would certainly reform the way I see and react to the attitudes and actions of my kids.

Looking at the world through this lens is surely going to help me “discern what is best” - for me, my wife and my kids.

Thanks for the thought provoking post.