MIchael's Quest

Tri-Force - Faith, Hope, Charity

September 2007 - Posts

Great Attitude
I like to brag on Michael here, it’s pretty easy, he amazes me. I think I’ve pointed out before that he has an awesome attitude.  Yesterday, I was working putting up a ceiling fan – typical situation where it should take 30 minutes but for one reason or 15 others I spend a couple hours trying to get a very simple part of the job done.  Well I was complaining about it as I worked and adding how I would have  made the fan differently so it would be easy to setup.  Michael has heard this before  J  While I’m installing the fan Christine calls, she’s re-doing her kitchen by herself and was similarly frustrated with her situation.  So, I hang up the phone, go back over to where the ceiling fan is and notice Michael is smiling pretty big.  I asked if he was smiling about the conversation with his mom – he gave me a thumbs up and then after a  few questions I concluded that he was somewhat amused with both of our frustrations.  At this point most of us dads would probably be a little upset and say something like, “Yeah, just wait, you’re still a kid and don’t know about anything frustration, life is easy”.  In Michael’s situation, I realize it’s the other way around, he has a much better understanding of frustration than I do and yet – he’s smiling.  I had to stop tell him how proud I am of him.

 

Posted: 09-04-2007 10:55 AM by kirk | with 2 comment(s)