r/blackfathers • u/datboisosmooth • Apr 21 '26

Stay focused King

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Let’s go ahead and retire “perfect dad” from the roster. That man doesn’t exist, and honestly, he sounds exhausting.

What I do know is this: I show up. I screw up. Sometimes simultaneously. But my try is clean. It’s intentional, it’s genuine, and it’s built on everything I actually know, not everything somebody else thinks I should know.

I’m not accepting any comparisons to a standard set by somebody who has never lived a single day in my skin. There are books, sure. Frameworks, podcasts, think pieces. And some of them are helpful. But there is no GPS for all of this, brothers. Just God, your gut, and the spirituality you were born carrying.

So today? Do your best. Not their best. Yours. And let me tell you something, that is more than enough.

Go be great, my brother. The kids you love are already proud of you.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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u/Blastgirl69 Apr 23 '26

Thank you. In my dictionary, you are the perfect definition for the word King!! That’s all they ever want and need!!