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 Holliday, 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.

They could be your last words. It was just another show.

After this one, the stand-up comedian had 20 more dates on this tour alone.

But before he went on stage, you got a text from his adult daughter.

You don't know what she said, but it wasn't urgent.

He could have easily said to himself, I'll respond later.

I'll call her in the morning. We've all done that. We're running late. We're processing emails when they yell from the other room. We go into a meeting when they text us. We're tired and we rush through our good nights. We tell ourselves that we'll make up for it later, that we'll respond in a little bit. We tell ourselves that we'll have

another chance, that there will be other phone calls, other texts, more good nights. But that's not

always true. We can't know that for sure. The comedian I'm talking to you about was Bob Sagitt,

the legendary stand-up, longtime host of America's Funniest Home Videos, and as Danny Tanner on

Full House, he was America's dad. He was the one who got that text from his daughter. She was 34 years old.

She wasn't a child, but he took a second to send what neither of them could have known would be his last

text. Thank you, he wrote. Love you. Showtime. Hours later, he'd be found dead,

tragically, in his Orlando hotel room at age 65. No one knows what their last words will be.

No one knows how much time they have in this job on this planet with their kids. No one knows what the future holds.

So let's make sure that while the present is in our grasp, we take advantage of it. Let's use the time

we have before we lose the time. We're never guaranteed. Let's make sure we tell our kids how we feel

about them while we can. Let's make our words, all our words, every interaction

count. Hey, thanks for listening to the Daily Dad podcast. You can get this via email every day

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