Just asking (29): which would a father prefer to see?

I am now a grandfather of a two year old boy.

Recently he was learning to pour water from one bucket into another.
Initially he was doing perfectly alright, pouring from the small bucket into the big one.
But disaster (my perspective) struck when he poured water back to the small bucket.
From the large bucket.

He looked surprised to see the splashing water.
But in a moment, surprise turned into fun when he simply swiped all spilled water over the ledge.
And the show went on.

My grandson reminds me of how I was once a father of my son and daughter. 

I remember the best and the worst moments as a father, with respect to one particular aspect: how the state of my children affected me.

Of course a father will feel happy and proud whenever his child reaches a milestone, overcomes an obstacle, or arrives at a key stage of life such as graduation, getting married, or becoming a parent.

But I believe a father really takes a lot less to become happy in sharing the joy of his child.

When my son or daughter was small, kind of like a toddler of about 2-year old, similar to my grandson’s age now, I would feel happy and content whenever my son or daughter was having a great time playing with toys or anything, even stupid things!

I didn’t care if it was meaningless, messy, or expensive.

I was simply happy when he or she was happy.
I would be hilarious when they were too!
Simple.

And if they felt or looked miserable, I would be too.

It’s not complicated at all.

And in that case I would try everything, however costly, to drive their unhappiness away.

And even if when they soon just turned to doing their thing and forgot my presence, I wouldn’t care.

Neither would I care about how absurd it was what they were doing.

Meaningful to their little mind.
Could be absurd to mine.

But what do I care?
Why should I?
As long as my kids were happy!

I guess every parent would behave like that.
Every parent would deep down embrace the same value.

It’s not the meaningfulness of what your child enjoys doing.
It’s even not the correctness of it.
I dare say it might not have to be moral or spiritual correctness.

After all, how morally or spiritually correct would a father expect a 2 year old?

All that matters is that the child lives his or life to the full at that stage.

Aren’t we all like a 2 year old to the father in heaven?

Wouldn’t he rather see us live life in a lively and upbeat manner than in a miserable state?