finally i am remembering to write this down!!
when Shelley and i were eating our brats by the lake, there was an older dad there (actually from california, we found out) with his 3 yr old son. they were closer to the water and feeding the birds. the father explained the situation to the son, using the word metaphor, which in itself was great...
see, there are two kinds of birds: the duck, who simply waits for the food to come to him, and the seagull, who actively gets in there and tries to get the food. this is a metaphor for life, he said, and it is better to be the seagull.
the man is a graduate student and looking forward to getting back to Laguna Beach in a year or so. and in the meantime, he is teaching his son life lessons using important words.
