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It's the thousandth time that counts.

Come on, Dad.

Again, one more time. Can we keep going a little longer? Let's start over. I don't want to stop. You've heard all these things more times than you can count. The request for one more book before bed. One more time riding on your back to watch that funny video one more time, to sing that song once more from the beginning, to hear that story over again, to jump in the pool one more time, and then one more time after that, and one more time after that.

No matter how patient or indulgent you are, there will come a point where you want to say no,

where you feel like you have to say no, because you've got to go, because this can't possibly

be interesting to anyone, because it feels irresponsible.

Maybe that's all true, but you know what? Say yes, even if it's the thousandth time. In fact, say

yes because it's the thousandth time because that's the time that counts. You'll never know when

you get another time. Think about that last day that FDR had with his boys before

polio struck. Think of that last day that Kobe Bryant had with his girls. That one he protected by

saying no to the things that didn't matter so he could say yes to the little things that did.

None of us know how long we've got. None of us know how many more times we have. So say yes. Make this thousandth one

count like it was the first. Hey, thanks for listening to the Daily Dad podcast. You can get this via

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