Andrew | Dad Explains

Hey! Dad here. Allow me to introduce you to some threads. Some focal points of life. Woven together. For strength, a rope. For beauty, a tapestry. Dad’s Linear Tapestry:

Good Start, Young Man When you were small, the world loomed large, a sea of tables, chairs, and teetering giants. Your legs, unsteady, buckled beneath you, the floor rose to meet your tender knees. Good start, young man, every stumble is a map unfolding. As a boy, you raced the wind, arms flailing, laughter trailing like a comet’s tail. The ball slipped your grasp, fell into the neighbor’s thorny yard. Tears welled, but only for a moment. Good start, young man, each miss teaches the arc of the throw. In youth, your heart was bold, burning with the fire of a thousand untamed suns. You gave it away too freely, to hands that held it carelessly. It broke, a bird’s egg dashed on stones. Good start, young man, broken hearts grow back stronger wings. In the thick of adulthood’s grind, you reached for dreams that crumbled in your hands, castles made of sand dissolving in the tide. Jobs slipped through your fingers, and love wore thin with time. Good start, young man, failure is the crucible of ambition. And when you are old, the years will weigh, your body will creak like an ancient tree in the wind. You may fall again, in new ways— a word forgotten, a name misplaced. Good start, young man, even the setting sun gives birth to stars. For life, my son, is a dance of falling and rising, a hymn sung in the minor key of hope. Every step forward is born of the stumble. Every triumph cradled by the arms of loss. Good start, young man, good start, always.

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Is there a turd on the floor, or is the floor on the turd? - Soren Kierkegaard

This quote is regularly misattributed to Martin Luther.

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