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Ancient history records that Zen masters when asked how they achieved enlightenment, responded so,
“WHEN I WALK, I JUST WALK. WHEN I EAT, I JUST EAT.”
In todays 24/7 multitasking world they sure would have been out of place! So intent and focused on whatever they were doing at the moment that no other event or thing entered their mind to clutter their thoughts.
A real contrast to today’s world in which so many of us pride ourselves on being able to do many things all at once!
But, just for the sake of experiment, just to be crazy, what would happen if we tried out this concept? Maybe not throughout our entire lives, but through only a segment (I mean, let’s not go crazy here!).
What if, for even a brief part of the day, we set all else aside and just was a husband? Just 5 or 10 or 15 minutes. What would you do if you were going to be ONLY a husband to your wife for the next 15 minutes? Let’s not worry about the 15 minutes after that or the 15 minutes before. Just be the husband for that 15 minutes, nothing else. What would happen? Could you do it?
What about being a Dad? Could you set aside everything else to be ONLY a Dad to your child for the next 15 minutes? If you did, what would the impact be? To you? To your child?
What would the impact be of ONLY being a husband for 15 minutes? To you? To your wife? To your children? Your family?
Some studies say that the single greatest thing a man can do for his family is show his wife love. It has a positive ripple effect throughout the entire family, through each family member and their relationships and self image. Just this ONE thing.
If you think about it, it sorta makes that ball game on TV seem a little trivial doesn’t it?
Russ
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