Making out Time for what is Important

A few days ago, my wife and son were helping me set up my new study/ home office when my 9-year-old son chanced upon a book I bought a few years ago called “100 Answers to 100 questions about being a Great Dad”.

He “dropped” the book on the table and said to me “there you go dad, here is something for you to read, please can you can stop ‘envying’ my mummy, now that Mother’s Day is around the corner”. (As part of the Mother’s Day program in my son’s school, the pupils are expected to bring the picture of their mothers that will be posted on the notice boards around the school)

At first, I was amused, but his comment got me thinking – can I consider myself a really great dad? Is my son trying to tell me something, or he is just being his mischievous self? Moreso, I have only read first three chapters of the book (so technically he had a point)

Not wanting to be manoeuvred by my son, I decided to take my son riding early Sunday morning before Church (we run 2 services, so we went for the second service). We had a blast, we even fooled around with the new selfie stick I just bought (see pix enclosed).

It was also a pleasant surprise to see our family friend (a mother & 2 kids plus trainer) who came to do some morning warm-up exercises (warning: don’t think you are only one with cool ideas)

The whole experience got me thinking, what do we really consider important? to be fair to my son, I have been putting off riding with him for the past few weeks now because of my tight work schedule. The last time, we rode as a family was in December of 2016 when my siblings came to town with their children.

How come, I suddenly ‘found’ the time (what changed)? I think I have the answer, the activity in question became “important”. Most time what we consider important get scheduled, and what gets schedule would most likely be done. As Lao Tzu said “Time is a created thing. To say ‘I don’t have time’ is like saying “I don’t want to.”

Stop putting away things that are important and impactful; schedule them today, then go ahead and act on them. You would thank yourself for acting now. Don’t wait to do great things only on special occasions. Every day is special!

PS: Even Arsenal fan (me) and Chelsea fan (my son) can get along if we consider it important!

What is that thing you are putting off today?