Look at this kid… he has absolutely no idea what he has in store for me today. No plan, no intentions, just instinct and free will in it’s purest form. He didn’t wake up thinking “how can I drive Daddy to drink today?”, or “I am REALLY gonna pay him back for yesterday…”
He simply is a slave to his instincts, and utterly reactive to his surroundings. And that brings up and interesting point to ponder… maybe If I concentrate a little harder on his surroundings and activities I can illicit a different response?
And then I laugh. You gotta love the ego on me, thinking I could actually control chaos.
Today’s lesson in personal development:
Accept that the fit he throws today is not that bad, for 14 years from now, for some reason unknown to me today, he will tell me he hates me. And 14 years after that, he’ll be sorry for saying it.
Today, though, he loves me. And he loves me so much that I am the one he will want to hold him…while he screams his blessed head off.
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Perfectly expressed. Perfect.
And that makes it all worth while. Who could resist him, anyway!
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