Everyone is entitled to be stupid, but some abuse the privilege

I was having a conversation with an older gentlemen I know the other  day.
When I say older I mean he is  72 years old.
So  yeah he has defiantly lived a life .
Well anyway as we were talking  I asked him what I thought was an interesting question .
I asked him what he thought the most  important thing he had done in his 72 years of life was.

After I asked that question  the old man scratched his head  and looked kind of puzzled  for a second.
I started thinking that maybe I had  made a  mistake by asking him this.
However  he spoke up and said   “well  son I guess the most important thing I have ever done was  love my wife and children with all my heart”

I told him I thought that was an awesome answer .
And then he said  to me  “however son that was not a thing to do “
I asked him  what he meant .
He said  “well  loving my family was not something  just to do it was a gift  from them to me”
He went on to tell me about his love for his family .
And then he said  “we all  can be loved  by someone  but to love someone is the greatest gift of all”

I think a lot of us these days feel like  that we are obligated to care for our family and friends.
When we should feel like this older man  …we should look at loving our family not as a task we should look at it as a gift .
And be proud that we have that opportunity to love them.

The old guy was right  love is not a thing to do .
It is a gift  that we should  cherish .