140 Making Progress

I learned from my parents from my birth until 10 years old.
At that time my parents were 25 – 35 years old.
Now I’m over 35 and still do what I learned from people …younger than me!
This is not necessarily progress.

At one point I was clearly correct and my father was wrong.
I was a little concerned how he would take it.
He smiled, visibly relaxed and said, “Thank goodness, now I can relax.”
“Why?” I asked.
“Well” he said, “If each new generation is no better than the last one, how do we make progress? So now that I know you are better than me I can relax.”

Hopefully you have /had parents with this attitude.
If not, when are you going to Progress yourself beyond 35-year-old thoughts and ideas?

(And, how insistent are you that your children ‘always’ do what you teach them?)
Take charge of your own life and by example your children will learn to take charge of theirs.
That’s Progress.

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