Good power

When I was a kid in the 1970s, there were certain things that were very important to me. Peanut butter and jelly. A nap. Red Kool Aid. Playing soccer in someone’s backyard. Pac Man. Brady’s group. No, not The Brady Bunch. Marsha Brady. How deep is your love for BeeGees. Well, almost all the BeeGees songs. Having my hair braided by my aunts. Peaches and Herbs. Da-dit-doo-dinkle-da-dit-doo-doink – Leave it to Beaver. My mom’s fried chicken.

Speaking of the BeeGees, I woke up this morning with all kinds of emotions taking over me. There are certain responsibilities that I have as a husband and as a dad and I feel like I don’t have enough time to fulfill them all. My thoughts ran through my life this morning as an NFL quarterback runs through his catcher progressions:

I don’t read enough books to my daughter.

Am I answering enough questions?

The next thing I know, she will be married before I am ready.

It is growing too fast.

Will I die before I can give my wife everything she ever dreamed of?

I have to make sure I’m not like the dad from Cats In The Cradle.

That guy was probably the same kind of husband.

I have to leave a legacy to my family.

Who will carry out my mission?

Love is an emotion. So is passion. As is anger and frustration. I’m glad we have emotions. Otherwise, we would be robots. But you can believe what you saw in Yo, Robot and think that you might want to be a robot. They have in it. I like being human.

Emotions have power, good and bad. If emotions drive you to make positive changes, that’s a good power. If emotions motivate you to be negative and to do destructive things, with yourself and with others, that is a bad power.

Who doesn’t need to make positive changes in their life? If we think more about how quickly life goes by, it won’t be difficult. I will turn 35 on my next birthday and I remember like it was yesterday thinking to myself what I would look like when I turned 17. I’ve been married for 10 years and it seems like it’s only been months since I borrowed my mother’s car. for our first date.

We don’t have much time to get it right. We don’t have much time to get it. But I see it now. It’s not about having it all. It’s not about doing it right. For me, it’s about doing all that I can and giving all that I can give while I’m here to make sure that good power is passed on to everyone who saw my life.