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August 25, 2005
Wisdom from Peace #1
Say what you want about the internal combustion engine, driving in the car with my children has provided a spectrum of interesting moments. Peace is ten now and it is interesting to listen to him as his brain is going through it's next series of changes. He is busy tackling some of life's oldest and biggest philosophical conundrums and he really doesn't see why people have had such a hard time with them over the years. So far he has the tree falling in the forest thing figured out, as well as the chicken and the egg controversy. I throw in a comment or insight here and there, but mostly I just let him enjoy the satisfaction of feeling like he has the world figured out. His little womb of intellectual warmth and security will rip itself open soon enough.
Yesterday, as we drove to my sister's home we had the following approximate conversation:
"Mom, I was thinking today that our family is in the perfect spot."
"Really?" I replied. "What do you mean by perfect spot."
"Well," he said, "we're not rich and we're not too poor."
"And why is it good not to be those things?"
"Rich people don't have any problems and people who are too poor have too many problems. We don't have too much money but we're not too poor, so we have just enough problems to keep us going."
Hmmmmm. I don't think I could have said it much better myself. I'm going to call Alan Greenspan tomorrow.
Posted by swift at August 25, 2005 10:04 PM