Well, hello, my friends, and welcome to the Live Inspired podcast Monday Morning Moments with John O'Leary.

I record these so you and I can begin our days in awe and on fire with a burst of inspiration.

And who better to light us up this week than our old friend, Leonardo da Vinci.

Da Vinci has this to say about arches.

An arch consists of two weaknesses, which leaning on each other becomes a strength.

Pretty cool.

Growing up, many children believe their dad is Superman.

From their youthful perspective, there's simply nothing he can't do.

Because he tucked them in each night and was oddly already dressed for the day when they got up,

as far as they could tell, their dads did not require sleep.

When a frisbee got stuck in a tree, a ball went missing under some bushes, or a bike chain fell off, they knew where to turn.

Dad was always able to retrieve the frisbee, fetch the ball, and fix the bike chain.

As children age, though, that pristine cape dad once wore begins to varnish. Whether it's the occasional disappointments

or just advancing through adolescent years, the mask of perfection fades. Dad can't fix everything. And they don't agree with all of his

rules. His hair grays, his waistband expands, and eventually his cape falls off entirely. Turns out

dad can't fly. While that might be the reality for many kids, it isn't the reality

for my siblings and me. Denny O'Leary's health was legendary growing up. While I'd happily miss

school for any reason possible, dad never missed a single day of work once.

Perhaps more surprising to me as a kid, he never missed a single day of school, not one.

Not one day missed in grade school, not one in high school, not in college, not in law school.

Dad also was perpetually in a good mood. As children, our days began

with him prancing into our bedrooms to get us up for school, crooning old marching songs he'd

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