Life Lessons

A father is standing in the kitchen with his daughter, who has just asked to go on a date with a less than desirable young man. The young girl is a good girl, she makes good grades, she obeys her parents, she would never consider drinking, smoking, or doing drugs. The young man is the complete opposite, he is a rebel, and is always in trouble. She thinks she can be a good influence on him, she thinks she can change him. She KNOWS he won’t be able to change her.

The father looks at the daughter and tells her to stand in the kitchen chair. The daughter looks at her father in confusion, but does what he asks. The father then tells the girl, “you are up there, he is down here...Now, pull me up where you are in the chair.” The daughter tries and tries and finally the father stops her and says “you can’t do it can you?” “Not unless I WANT to get in the chair where you are and not unless I WANT you to help me up.” “I have to make an effort to get in the chair myself.” She agrees. Then the father says, watch this...and pulls the daughter right off of the chair on to the floor...level with him. The father looks at his daughter and says “see how easy that was?”

Lesson Learned!