(a 4 minute read) Connor built this, this magnificent playground. You know how we are usually our own worst critic? This piece of work was so outstanding, Connor would stop as he was building it, step back and look at what he built so far, put his hand on his chin, look all around it, smile and say, “man this is good.” Then Connor would proceed to the next phase.

Whenever Tali would stop in with a cool drink, she’d lay her gentle hand on his shoulder, rub it gently and say, “Connor, you are working too hard. You gotta give yourself some rest.” And Connor would gaze at her face, sets down whatever he was holding at the time, place both his hands on her extended belly and say, “For the twins, I will do all I can whenever I can. I am so in love with them. Besides, I will rest when I am done. This playground will be finished before they are born.”

Tali often wondered why Connor was keen on finishing the playground before the twins were born, after all, they will not be really using it until they are quite older. The one time she asked Connor, his adamant response was, “This is totally completely and entirely for them. I want them to know that. The only way I know how to make sure they realize that, is to compete it before they arrive. So if they ever wonder as they grow up, they can look back and realize that I have completed this work before they arrived. And they will know that they know, it was not because they arrived that I built it, not because of something that they did or did not do that caused me to build it, but it is because I loved them so much, that I had it all ready for them before they even arrived. I just hope that they will look back and realize that and also realize my intent in making it the masterpiece that I hope for it to be, for them.”

With such words, such determination and purpose, Tali decided that her children will hear these words over and over, so that this realization Connor was keen on the twins learning will become a reality.

You know how on Father’s day most would give a ‘thank you’ card or call and wish their father a ‘happy father’s day’ or even give a gift? Isn’t it more appropriate to realize and remember the gift that as children we receive DALY from our Father?

my Father created not only this Earth but this Universe for me. Yes, for you and me. The whole universe was created before us and for us. This masterpiece was packaged and wrapped and hand delivered with a, “Here, I made this for YOU. This is your playground. Do with it as you please.”

So please, let’s not talk about this ‘is not my home’, let’s not look around and express how ‘I do not belong here’, let’s not sing about ‘I cannot wait until I leave this place’. For at the end of the day, and to the best of my knowledge, each one of us wants to live for as long as possible in this place we call Earth.

So let’s, as grown up and mature individuals, 1^st acknowledge how attached we are to living, because we are. We were created to ‘live’ life, people. Without the acknowledgement there is no 2^nd step. Then, and only then, we can look back and see how it was all created first and before anything, as sometimes we make it seem that this Earth and Universe were created as an after fact. You know it was not, so don’t fool yourself. Then, and only then, the admiration sets in. A realization may come and go, but when something sets in, it lasts, and only when it lasts that we behave accordingly. So let’s behave accordingly. Happy Father’s day 🙂