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Wisdom for a son

Daily Wisdom for Sons

Being a son changes shape. At twenty it's about becoming; at fifty it's about tending the people who once tended you. These reflections meet you where you actually are.

What these reflections dwell on

  • • Honor and autonomy
  • • Unfinished conversations
  • • Role reversal and caregiving
  • • Carrying a name forward
  • • Gratitude beside old friction

Three lines worth carrying

scripture

“Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land.”

— Exodus 20:12 (WEB)
wisdom

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.”

— Cicero
philosophy

“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”

— Seneca

Questions to sit with this week

  • — What have I never thanked them for out loud?
  • — Where am I still arguing with a version of them that no longer exists?
  • — What call have I been putting off?
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