I stumbled across this book the other day, and I think it might be the best book ever. Linnaea isn’t quite ready for it—too abstract—but I find that it’s at least as useful to me as it would be to her. Among its many gems:
You have to be HONEST
You have to be FAIR
You have to be STRONG
and
You have to be WISEAnd there is no good
in trying
to fool yourself.
All that isn’t so easy.
After it’s gone along for a while, explaining what each of those attributes involves, we read:
Of
course you can argue
with people who know more than you, but
it’s stupid.
Munro Leaf, you’re my hero.
2 comments ↓
easy for you to say, mater! if i never argued with people who knew more than i did, growing up together would have been much more peaceful. besides, arguing with people who know lots of stuff can be a pretty good way to learn lots of stuff. it’s just that sometimes you feel pretty dumb after doing it.
Ha! I ought to have anticipated such a response. ;)