Welcome to the Daily Dad podcast, where we provide one lesson every single day to help you with your most important job, being a parent.

I'm Ryan Holiday, and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from

parents just like you all over the world. Thank you for listening, and we hope this helps.

Love Without End. Amen.

Today's email could just be this wonderful little verse from the classic George Strait song,

because it captures perfectly what we need to be reminded of today and always as we embark on this difficult but wonderful job.

Let me tell you a secret about a father's love, the song goes, a secret that my daddy said was just between us. He said, daddies don't just love their children every now and then.

It's a love without end. Amen. Not just if you're a father, of course, but a mother, a stepfather,

an adopted mother, a godparent, an aunt, an uncle, whatever.

Not just when things are easy. Not just when they listen. Not just when they conform to your expectations. Not just when they succeed. Not just when everything is going well in your life or your

job. Not every now and then, but always without end. Unconditionally, even when they hit their siblings,

even when they lied about a test, even when they don't want to eat their vegetables, even when they

want to quit something you paid a lot of money for, when they've acted in a way contrary to the

values you've tried to instill in them. Even if this wasn't what you got as a kid, especially if this isn't

what you got as a kid. Even when you're struggling, even when you're pissed off, even when they

have made it so hard, even when they take you for granted, you have to show them that you love

them now and then and every moment in between love without end. Amen. That is my Tempest Fuget challenge coin,

which I have here on my desk and I play with, although not usually when I'm recording.

Tempest Fuget is this idea that time flies. Your kids grow up

very fast. We must not take the present for granted. We must seize it while we have it. Hold it

tightly. Hold them tightly. Tempus Fugget just means time flies in Latin. And it is the slogan of our

first ever daily dad challenge coin. And it's a daily reminder of the most

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