My father passed away at the age of 90 coming up two years now. I remember like it was yesterday the very first time that he told me son “I love you”. I was very frustrated with my father because it always appeared to me that he was more charitable, patient, kind, vocal, and empathetic to other people than he was to his own family and children. In my lifetime there have been many instances where others have shared with me, because my father had shared with them how much he loved me. Until the age of thirty-three I hadn’t ever heard or remember him expressing those words to me directly. I was a part of the Men’s Group where the lesson taught was on unconditional love. I was thirty years old when I committed to saying I love you to my father every opportunity I got. I was thirty when I realized that sometimes you have to offer to other people what they may be incapable of offering to you in return. A lot of “men” could be free today if they were willing to release their fathers by simply forgiving them. When we hold onto hurt, pain, or unforgiveness it doesn’t affect the other person as much as it affects us. Sons need to be willing to forgive their fathers so that they can be set free.
Let it Go.
