There once was a naïve and spoiled young man who was given the laborious task of cleaning the family pool. Yes, this family had their very own oasis right in their back yard. The pool had become green and was slowly fading to black. Each week, the young man’s father modeled methodically how to swipe the sides and bottom of this pool but in these last days had transferred the task to his son, who happed to be board a lot. A few times the young man had gone out and attempted to do his duty. He set up the cleaning hose and extended the pole. He began to run the vacuum down one side of the far wall and noticed that all he was accomplishing was stirring up the water so that he could no longer see the bottom of his pole. And so he stopped. The young man figured that he was doing more harm than good and so put away the cleaning gear, and left the pool to its doomed stagnant place in this world.
p.s. – not about my boys
But perhaps if the boy had persevered through the mirky waters he would soon realize that sometimes things take longer to clear up and what you soon have is a crystal clear pool. Or, maybe, the boy was too hasty to begin his work before his father could guide him through the rigors of pool cleaning. Anyway I trust that the father in the end cleaned the pool and all was well.
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