“Never let them think you don’t feel the chill too. Never let them think they’re alone. Never hold them back. Never let them think for a second that a handhold is out of reach.”
parenthood
the McFly effect
“n. the phenomenon of observing your parents interact with people they grew up with, which reboots their personalities into youth mode, reverting to a time before the last save point, when they were still dreamers and rascals cooling their heels in the wilderness, waiting terrified and eager to meet you for the first time.”
At the Zoo (first animal in)
- 8 year old: What are these maps?
- Parent: Well, the red shows where in the world flamingos actually live.
- 8 year old: Why do they live in those places.
- Parent: Well I think it might be because all those place are hot and damp, so there’s water, they like water.
- 8 year old: It’s not red where we live.
- Parent: No, they don’t normally live in England.
- 8 year old: So why are they here.
- Parent: Well, people brought them here, built them this enclosure, and they get fed everyday.
- 8 year old: Oh…
- 8 year old: So they’re trapped.
- Parent: Um..well…yes…I suppose they are.
- 8 year old: >>wanders off giggling to herself<<
‘stay with the things that draw you like a magnet’
“Fail early and get it all over with. If you learn to deal with failure, you can raise teenagers. You can abide in intimate relationships. And you can have a worthwhile career. You learn to breathe again when you embrace failure as a part of life, not as the determining moment of life.”
Paul Greer 