I am so grateful that my Dad never forced me to run when I was a kid. I was really into baseball as a kid and just like every other little kid in the U.S. dreamt of one day playing in the Major Leagues. So even though I was good at running, and my Dad told me I could be a great runner if I wanted to, he never forced me to run. He waited until I chose running. If my Dad would have forced me to run I would have never made it through all the very hard seasons of running that awaited me. The ability to get through hard things comes from inside, a desire that you want to do something. If you are doing something for someone else or not because you want it for yourself then you will never get through the hard times. In the same way, we wanted our kids to choose us because when the hard times come they have to know they choose this path.