You’re Not The Only One

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2:09I'm Ryan Holiday and I draw these lessons from ancient philosophy, modern psychology, practical wisdom, and insights from parents just like you all over the world. Thank you for listening and we hope this helps. You're not the only one. It breaks your heart, the divorce, the separation, the deployment overseas, the first year of college, the assignment or the silent treatment. The time you have to spend on the road for work when they had to go ahead with your spouse and get settled into the new house where you stayed back to tie up loose ends before the move. Nobody likes being away from their kids, not for any extended period of time anyway. It feels like a piece of you is missing. It's an injustice, it's a hardship. But you know what it also is, it is a part of life. You are not alone in being separated from your children. The tutor tries to tell Medea in Euripides, famous play. Medea's husband, Jason, is just left her for another woman, despite Medea having had his

3:14children betrayed her father for him and moved to a new city after their marriage. Part of being a human being, the friend consulsor, is barren adversity with a patient heart. Of course, anyone who is seen or read the play knows that tragically, terribly, Medea is not able to reckon with this. She lashes out. She overreacts. She does something that cannot be undone. That is not the message of today's episode. The message is that you are not alone. The pain you feel is a timeless pain, a common pain. It's the pain that immigrant families have felt and feel. It's the pain that empty nesters feel. It's the pain that families going through a split feel. It's the pain that deployed service members and their families feel. You're going to have to find a way to bear this or it will break you. You're going to have to find a way to be patient. You're going to have to find a way to focus on solutions, not your anger or your fear. You have to find a way to connect with others, people who've been through this too,

4:14who are going through it. Because again, you are not alone. Hey, thanks for listening to The Daily Dad Podcast. You can get this via email every day as well at dailydad.com. Please leave us a review in iTunes. Most importantly, if you know any dads or parents would benefit from these messages, please spread the word. Thanks.