No preconceived fear of failure

A few days back, while I was driving back from school my 4 year old son, he asked me if I could tell one his teachers to give him a game he saw in school.

I told him the best way to describe to her the game was to send her some pics of the game. Then , forgetting how old is he, told him to send her himself the pics.

“Sure dad”, he said. And his fingers started dancing over the screen. Suddenly I recalled that I haven’t seen him performing that task. “Do you know how to do it?” I asked. “No, but I will try to find out how.” He responded.

And he said it and acted upon his cliam just like that, no emotional charge, no fear, no expectation of failure or embarrassment for not knowing. He just jumped onto something completely new for him.

How refreshing to witness that human drive, free of preconceptions, free of adulthood and unnecessary complexity.

Then I looked myself in the mirror and I thought: how long would have been the last time I acted the same? At least not for a while. Then I shook my head and smiled.