The Day Ended Brightly!

As I sat down to "engage" with the community by responding to emails, my youngest daughter struck this conversation about this "deep" discussion they have been having on a WhatsApp group about the meaning of life. They are all no older than 16! I had been peering at the computer typing away as I listened to her enthusiasm, looking up to her from time to time with a smile as she paced to and fro chatting away.

Then it struck me: "What am I doing?!". I should be paying full attention to this enthusiastic young lady talking to me so lovingly. Besides, I was breaking my code. I had decided long before they were toddlers - she and her sister - that whenever they called for my attention, I'd leave whatever it is I am doing to pay full attention and show all that love I have for them. I have, to a very large extent, been true to this code. Whenever they approached, I'd shut my laptop (I am almost always at my computer) and pay undivided attention, until tonight.

So, I stood up from my chair and away from the computers - the Mac, iPad and the Lenovo, with screens open to different views of Wealthy Affiliate - to listen. A while ago, I also decided that children are so precious, especially at the precocious age of 16 these days, that they need attention, guidance and a whole dose of love and tough love.

I listened intently to the sweet voice talking away, interspersing the narration with giggles of pleasure. And she was satisfied that daddy had listened so intently. She contently strode away, with a bounce in her gait, to let me get back to my computers. I was happy too, that I had kept to my code and listened to this angel who soon might move away from us to carve out her own life.

I was pleased for another reason: I had helped out another soul, even if it is my daughter who I must help. Hopefully, that very act of listening to her, of helping out as a listener, instills in her the value of succour, of reaching out. The returns on that investment are a thousandfold!

Thanks for stopping by to "listen" to my brief encounter with our little household intellectual and the last of its beauties!

I hope the end of your day was bright too?

Awesomeness!

Mojalefa.