I lost my father 15 years ago. But I still feel his presence in my life. This is not some paranormal thing; but a natural thing. Parents are such. Even if they leave the Earth, they never leave you.
This Father’s Day, I pay tribute to my father who taught me discipline in life. And yes, I am writing this today is due to the fact that I received the “writing genes” from my father, as he was an author too.
Father’s Day 2021 theme
Does this day require a theme? No. The basic purpose of dedicating a day to fathers is to take some time off and think a while for your father - a person, a very important person in our life, whom we often take for granted.
How many times did you tell your father or papa or daddy or dad, “I love you”?
Father’s Day is for us mortals to spare time to revere our father. And for those who have lost their fathers, it is the day to embrace the immortal energy of a father.
The real superhero
A common saying goes, “Superheroes are never fictional.” And I would like to add, “They are fathers.”
Father figure
Fathers don’t always mean biological father. You may also have a father figure in your life, somebody who you look upon, somebody who is your mentor in life.
So, if you have somebody like this in your life, no better day than Father’s Day to call or meet him and say how much you respect and value him.
Famous Father’s Day quotes
"No man stands taller than when he stoops to help a child."
- Abraham Lincoln
"I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection."
- Sigmund Freud
"When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry."
- William Shakespeare
“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”
- Harper Lee, To Kill A Mockingbird
"My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me."
- Jim Valvano
"My father didn’t tell me how to live. He lived, and let me watch him do it."
- Clarence Budington Kelland
"Anyone can be a father, but it takes someone special to be a dad, and that's why I call you dad, because you are so special to me. You taught me the game and you taught me how to play it right."
- Wade Boggs
"One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters."
- George Herbert
And lastly, somebody unknown has said:
“A father is neither an anchor to hold us back nor a sail to take us there, but a guiding light whose love shows us the way.”
Happy Father’s Day!
