I'm 84… I Was the Problem

Описание: #lifeadvice #lifelessons #parenting
I’m 84 years old.
And I was the problem.
Not sometimes.
Not partially.
Not because of stress or my upbringing or “how men were back then.”
I was the reason my family walked on eggshells in their own home.
For forty years, I thought I was being responsible.
Disciplined.
Providing.
What I was really doing was making everyone smaller.
My wife left after 31 years of marriage.
My son called me on a random Tuesday when he was 46…
and told me what it was like to grow up afraid of my mood.
He remembered moments I don’t even remember happening.
That’s the part that broke me.
If you’re the loud one in your house…
If your mood controls the room…
If people go quiet when you walk in…
This story is for you.
Pause before you speak.
Three seconds.
Ask yourself one question:
Will this make them feel smaller… or larger?
I built houses for other people.
I burned down my own.
Don’t wait until you’re 73 and your son calls on a Tuesday.
— Harold
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