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.

This is something to be glad about. It can be hard to express your feelings as a father sometimes,

not so much because men are expected to bottle up their emotions, but because the emotions that come

with being a dad can be so overwhelming and complex. It's a rush of a million feelings, love, joy, fear,

absurdity, exhaustion, responsibility, motivation,

and primal attachment. No one prepared you for any of this, and it's unlike anything you've

dealt with before. How do you express it? How do you let your family know what they mean to you,

how they have you wrapped around their finger, how they are your everything.

Maybe the line from the book, The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horse will suffice.

Sometimes I want to say, I love you all, says the Mole, but I find it difficult.

Do you, says the boy? Yes, so I say something like, I'm glad we're all here, says the

Malt. I'm glad we're all here. Isn't that the perfect way to capture how you feel?

When you look out at your crowded table at dinner, when you drive them in the car to the park or

school, when you sit on the couch eating cereal, soaking in the garbage time, when you tuck

them in at bed at night, not so sure, not quite sure what the morning will bring.

Joy and gratitude that you're together, that this is happening.

That's something to be glad about, that you have each other, that you're all here right now,

despite everything.

Hey, you're listening to the Daily Dad podcast, one meditation a day inspired to help you do

your most important job, which is be a great father.

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