(If you have been under a rock and haven't seen this)
I really don't mind showing him the clip, but then he sees all the previews to other videos and can't just have one. I had no choice, I had to respectively decline. He then reached for his "undefeated move".... he started bringing me books to read. Of course he started with the dinosaur books, but then brought a book that we used to read to him ever night when he was a baby... "Oh, the Places You'll Go!" by Dr. Seuss. This book has kinda moved to the back burner for him and its kinda crazy that he picked it today. It's a really entertaining book and has a really good message. A perfect message today...
Out there things can happen
and frequently do
to people as brainy
and footsy as you
And when things start to happen,
don't worry. Don't stew.
Just go right along.
You'll start happening too.
I'm sorry to say so
but, sadly it's true
that Bang-ups
and Hang-ups
can happen to you.
You can get all hung up
in a prickle-ly perch.
And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch
with an unpleasant bump.
And the chances are, then,
that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump,
you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself
is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both your elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right..
or right-and-three-quarters? Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find,
for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused
that you'll start in to race
down long wiggled roads at a break-necking pace
and grind in for miles across weirdish wild space,
headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...
...for people just waiting.
No!
That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape
all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places
where Boom Bands are playing.
With banner flip-flapping
once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a guy!
Whether you like it or not,
Alone will be something
you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance
you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon,
that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
BUT on you will go
though the weather be foul.
On you will go
though your enemies prowl
On you will go
though the Hakken-Kraks howl.
Onward up many
a frightening creek,
though your arms may get sore
and your sneakers may leak.
On and on you will hike
And I know you'll hike far
and face up to your problems
whatever they are.
And will you succeed?
Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3/4 percent guaranteed.)
KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS
So...
be your name Buxbaum or Brixby or Bray
or Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea,
you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day!
Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!
This point of our lives is our "hump day". The weekend is right around the corner..."Whoot Woo"
I have never discussed this with Jenn, but I think we read that book so much because of the message. It's the way that I hope my son will view life. Life isn't going to be perfect along the way, but you can always overcome those obstacles. We have preached this message to him and this is our chance to make the story come true.
Win the Day!
P.S.
I have started helping more around the house to help take some of the things off Jenns's "to-do-list". I am hardly putting a dent in that growing list, but its the least I can do. Anyway, it has reminded me of a job that I had growing up for like 3 hours. I got a job at UPS at DFW airport because they paid good, close to my dads house, 6 hour shifts, and they had some program that would reimburse for college tuition. Training was 5 days long learning about all the different types of hazardous materials, sorting techniques, etc. That was a breeze... Then came the first day of actually loading a truck.... This was around the time that everyone was buying those gateway computers that came in the big boxes that looked like cows. Those boxes never stopped coming down the shoot....never. I'm embarrassed to say that I left for my lunch break after 3 hours of work and never went back. Thats how I feel when it comes to dishes and laundry...who eats all the food that requires this many dishes. Where are all these clothes coming from? Dishes and laundry are starting to look a lot like cow boxes.... I promise to stick it out this time!
Thinking of you all.... Love and hugs to the Kinchen family.♥♥♥♥
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