[lit-ideas] Re: failure
- From: Mike Geary <jejunejesuit.geary2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 21:36:35 -0500
David Savory: This reminds me of something Michael Chabon wrote in Manhood
for Amateurs,
"A father is a man who fails everyday."
Based on my own personal experience with my father, I have to disagree with
Chabon. He was not a very good provider. He was not stupid, but neither
was he an intellectual. He was a gentle, patient, caring man. I can only
think of one instance in which I became angry at him and it was over a very
petty issue. I don't think my father ever failed me. He taught me
tolerance, he taught me the fundamental principles of justice and respect
for all people, taught me that in a rabidly bigoted environment, taught me
very little through preachment, mostly through example. He didn't think it
mattered whether I become President of the US or a garbage man. ' What you
do doesn't matter," he'd say, "how you do it, does."
If a father loves unconditionally every day, he will never fail. Chabon is
full of shit.
On Sun, Oct 10, 2010 at 6:41 PM, <dsavory@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> On 10/7/2010 4:45 AM, John McCreery wrote:
> > Routine is what protects us from what we don't
> > know.
>
> Eric responded
>
> Or things we don't know that we don't know. My first job was as a busboy
> in a busy restaurant and later, at same establishment, as a waiter and a
> sous chef. Each step in that trade involved the discovery of my
> ignorance, more than that, the realization of how stupid I was.
> Awareness of my overwhelming slow-wittedness began to fade after about a
> month at each new job, and I'd eventually forget that terrible feeling
> of being an utter idiot. Later jobs in different trades renewed the
> experience of my innate stupidity, only in different ways. I've been
> doing the same thing for a decade now and have completely forgotten that
> inner dunce, waiting to emerge should a new skill set be demanded of me.
> Until that happens, I'll probably never have to face how stupid I am.
>
>
> This reminds me of something Michael Chabon wrote in Manhood for Amateurs,
> "A father is a man who fails everyday."
>
> I hear that. Sigh.
>
> David Savory
>
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