Papa

Dads are most ordinary men turned by love into heroes, adventurers, storytellers, and singers of song.

~ Pam Brown

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My brother teaches his son kindness, humor, and wisdom by being kind, funny, and wise. More importantly though, he teaches it by recognizing moments of kindness, humor, and wisdom in Zak when Zak engages in that work.

And it is work. It is much easier to be unkind, somber, and to exercise poor judgement. To have a good life takes work. To be happy takes effort. 

So get to work.

Kirk does the work.

Zak does the work.

And if a little kid can do the work you can, too. Not because you are stronger and better and smarter than a little kid. He's got you beat on all of that. But because you allegedly have a longer attention span.

Pay attention.