Why do we need terrorizing moments to put things into perspective?

August 10, 2007

My second son was born a few weeks ago, so I’ve been spending a lot time taking care of my oldest. He just turned 2, and you’re probably familiar with the “Terrible Twos” expression.

Needless to say, sometimes he drives me nuts and I lose my temper and raise my voice with him. A couple of times during these chaotic weeks I’ve wondered why I had kids.

Last night, my son fell down the stairs. I wasn’t able to do anything but watch and yell because there were some people between us. My heart stopped for those few seconds while watching him roll down those steps.

My wife was in tears and I hugged him regretting having yelled at him that same night because of one of his tantrums.

Now, before you judge me, I’m generally quite calm and don’t raise my voice, but these past weeks have been really rough on me.

We naturally tend to take things for granted and that’s why so many of us regret not telling our loved ones (parents, grandparents, siblings, etc) how much we love them before anything suddenly happens to them and we don’t have the chance to tell them anymore.

I wonder why we need to go through terrorizing moments to remember how much we love people and that it’s generally not worth fighting over small stuff.

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