Being Not Being

Being with your spouse or children is certainly better than being absent from their lives.  Enjoying time working or playing with family is rewarding.

And yet there is something better. Interaction which builds harmonious and enduring relationships. 

Over the last few weeks, I’ve engaged more fully with each of my four children and wife. No longer am i merely with them; I’m anxiously engaged with each of them.

For instance, I don’t just swim with my daughter, I go down a water slide with her, jump into the pool repeatedly, and race her while she practices for a triathlon.  

Maybe it’s mindfulness. Or losing self to lift another. 

I call it joyful interaction. And forever dividends.