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DAD IS A LEGEND

You perhaps have heard of persons who are called legends. There are legends of one form or the other. Sportsmen, scientists, actors, musicians, artists etc. Do you know dad too is a legend? Yes he is. He is your first known legend. Dad is an epitome of responsibility, audacity, character and great virtue. Dad has quite intimidating CV that is why God saw him suitable to bring you into the world through him.

Who is a legend? Legends are persons with extraordinary tact and skill that out places or displaces persons with the same skill as theirs. They are majorly gifted, living behind them, steps worth following. Dad had many legends he had to follow while growing up. But he had to stick his legs until the end. Dad too ended up a legend.

Dad has the following:

-------Liberty: God has given dad the freedom within his jurisdiction to mold you. You are an open check for him and everything he strives to do is to write the value he wants to get from you. Dad knows he has a liberty and he desires and wants to use that to mold you, the best you want to be.

--------Energy: Dad always prays for energy to run his daily affairs. Rearing you could be quite laborious but dad does not seem to complain because he well built with enormous energy. He has to work really hard and tough sometimes. God has therefore built inside him all the energy he needs to ensure he achieves this.

--------Gentleness: It is manly to be gentle. And dad is proving he is a man. Dad is a man of no small measure. He is passing unto you this virtue of gentility and he expects you live it out. He wants you to have to learn.

---------Exempting: Dad is a model you can copy. He is example personified. Everyone around look up to dad for courage and strength. They believe he has those qualities, they wants to follow. Dad is ensuring you too find your way to that place where exemplary conduct becomes the watchword.

---------Novelty: Dad is so special that many persons wish they could be like him. The entire attribute that he possesses demarcates and puts a strong line between him and others. Others wish they had his kind of gifts.

---------Deal: Dad keeps a deal with God concerning you. It is an unwritten deal, which he has to see through. Because he has a deal with you, he believes absolutely that he must perform his part in the best possible way. Dad wants to be assured of your cooperation too and he is trusting God on your behalf that the deal he had made with God concerning you be finished a done deal.

What a legend dad is? Dad has no resemblance of any person. He is just him. And he hopes you’d see with him that he wants you to be just you. Since legends are original in their creativity, dad desires that you find that quality that sets you apart from the rest. You are special and an upcoming legend too.

Since dad has more experience, it is his responsibility to ensure he passes across to you that experience. Dad wants you to be a legend too. He wants to celebrate you.