Lessons from The Matrix | Advice for New Dads | Dad Chat Forums

In the movie The Matrix, Morpheus tries to convince Neo that he has the power to manipulate the “reality” of their computer-simulated world. “There’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path,” Morpheus says.

All fathers have a singular moment when they become a father. I don’t mean intellectually, when a man learns a baby’s on the way. I mean emotionally, when something changes in a man’s heart.

“When I held you for the first time, I knew,” my dad told me. “I wanted to be there to watch this kid grow up.”

Recently, a daddy acquaintance shared his breakthrough story with me: “I didn’t want a kid, and then, when I held her, that was it. I think I spent the next month in tears.” Now he’s a stay-at-home dad.

Many men begin walking the path of fatherhood the moment they first hold their child. For me, however, it took weeks before I felt fatherhood in my heart.

So my point is, do not worry brothers about becoming a father and how you will cope.

Good luck to you all.