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The Wisdom of Fathers

Fathering is an important aspect of being a man, whether the man has his own children or not. Fathering is more than being a giver of life, it is the concept for the great wisdom that a man shares with the world. Father’s wisdom is a Man’s wisdom.

At the heart of each Father and each Man is the Sacred Mind of the Divine, a principle that forms a bridge to the outer world. Our Fathers teach us about this physical world, how to get around in it, and how to direct our energy to achieve our dreams, as they live their own lives.

Men nurture in a different way than women. They nurture with strength and steadfast support, with protection and encouragement. Fathers have a special part to play in the lives of their children – to use their wisdom about the outer world to teach us to become the best person we can be.

By age three, we want to be with our Fathers, do what he is doing from working on cars, to raking leaves, to fixing broken things around the house, to working on the computer. We want to know how things work and how to fix them. We want our Fathers to teach us how to meet challenges, be healthy and vigorous, and to learn self-control.

We also learn from our Fathers how to be protectors. Fathers teach us to use our strength to protect and defend, not to bully or attack. This involves teaching us how to control our anger and express it appropriately. They also have great wisdom about keeping the peace and how to find resolutions to problems.

They teach us to protect and support those who are in need, especially women and children. They teach us to fight for a cause and to follow through on our commitments and promises.

There is so much to learn about our physical world and how to achieve success in it and the wisdom of our Fathers teaches us what we don’t learn in school.

One of the most important things our Fathers teach us is independence and self-reliance. We need this wisdom of independence as well as the inter-dependence we learn from our Mothers. Independence motivates us to move forward and become more than we think we can be and to do more than we think we can achieve.

A Father’s wisdom also includes teaching us about camaraderie – the ability to work as a group and be a productive member of a team and to care for each other. We can achieve more by working together, whether it be in sports, other groups, or in careers, and we learn this from our Fathers.

The importance of using the power of our Minds, to think clearly, to think about consequences before we act, to explore new realms of understanding, to create new ways of doing something to make life better, or invent a new machine, are all learned from the wisdom of our Fathers.

Our Fathers are also the historians, the storytellers, of our families. By hearing our family’s stories, we also learn important lessons about life. The stories of our families help us develop a sense of pride and of knowing where we come from, it gives us a sense of belonging and a knowledge that our ancestors faced and overcame challenges, and we can too.

The Wisdom of Fathers is a great gift from the Divine. We honor that wisdom today by honoring our Fathers and honoring all Men who carry the Divine Wisdom within their Spirits. Thank you to all our Fathers today, and to all the Men who have shared Wisdom with us in our lives. Blessings to you all. Namaste.