The Only Real Job

Work, work, work!  Sometimes that's all that we think about.  Work, bills, recreation, and so many other things that make our lives very, very busy.  It seems like there's a never ending "to do" list on ever refrigerator. There's one job, however, that must come before them all because it is the only true job in the world.  Parenting.  Strip away all of the technology, this computer, cars, houses, and everything else that we humans have made to make life "easier" (is that working?) and we all have the same job at some point in life.  The job of an adult human is to raise children to be adult humans.  That's it.  Hunting, gathering, working - it's all part of the job of raising children and survival of the species.  With that in mind, we need to remember to drop what we're doing and take our children fishing, hunting, to the library, bike riding, to play basketball, to feed the ducks at the park... whatever we like to do with our children, that's what we need to do.  Our lives together are brief and our #1 job is raising children, so let's take it seriously, but also remember that we are the bosses and if we say "Let's have some fun!" then we can have fun!  Stay firm, be consistent, and spend that time parenting that will truly pay off in the end.