This Is a Father

A kid in the street was crying because he wanted my shirt. He simply did not shut up.

His father shushed him, looked him in the eye and said, “Son, you have no right to take that man’s shirt. There will be lots of moment in your life when you will not get what you want, even if it would be fair. You are not special. You are not unique. And, I can assure you, whining will not get you anything.”

Then he let the boy cry until his tears dried.