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Description of Life.
Topics: Life
Jason, our youngest, has two goals in life. One is to have fun, and the
other is to rest. He does both quite well. So I shouldn't have been
surprised by what happened when I sent him to school one fall day.
As Jason headed off for the bus, I immediately busied myself, preparing
for a full day. The knock on the door was a surprise and disruptive to
my morning rhythm, which is not something I have a lot of. I flew to the
door, jerked it open, only to find myself looking at Jason.
"What are you doing here?" I demanded.
"I've quit school," He boldly announced.
"Quit school?" I repeated in disbelief and at a decibel too high for
human ears. Swallowing once, I tried to remember some motherly
psychology. But all that came to my mind was 'A stitch in time saves
nine" and "Starve a fever, feed a cold," or something like that. Somehow
they didn't seem to apply to a six-year-old drop-out dilemma. So I
questioned, "Why have you quit school?"
Without hesitation he proclaimed, "It's too long, it's too hard, and it'
s too boring!"
"Jason," I instantly retorted, "you have just described life. Get on the
bus!"
Patsy Clairmont, "Bus Stop," God Uses Cracked Pots, Focus on the Family, 1991.