Keen to follow advice
A little girl was keen to show me her ballet costume. She entered the lounge and did some twirls. It was a charmingly sweet display of enthusiasm.
Meanwhile, her older brother found a couple of tin cans and some wooden objects. He started performing a cacophonous drum tattoo which was clearly at odds with his sister’s turn.
I asked the brother why he was making such a racket and he was refreshingly candid in his reply: “My sister is wearing her ballet clothes and dancing, so I wanted to be heard as well”.
“Why don’t you let her have her moment, then you can have yours afterwards?” I asked him. He paused for thought, but had nothing to say.
Would it be great if adults (me included) could wholeheartedly follow the advice I gave him?
