the magic reset button

If you play video games or have a computer, you would know about a reset button. It´s a magic button, with the power to restart the worst of situations, bring you back to a state of balance and harmony of a do-over. the beauty in this is that one rarely has the option, in real life, to start over when they are faced with a difficult situation when chosing the wrong path. This button adds magic and fantasy to one´s desires and aspirations as they explore deeper along paths unexplored.

Bbut i have found one such reset button which affects a small, yet important, part of my daily life and it rests on the buttocks of my son. you see, at the age of 6, his mission in life is to test and try my patience as a father, disciplinarian and unconditional lover of my son. he tries to push the limits of reality with me from not doing his minor chores each morning, to not picking up his socks from the floor, to anything else imaginable by a youngster. But with one swift and deliberate stroke to his rear side, magically, he is focused, reset and driven to accomplish the task laid before him as if we were resetting his very mindset. Mind you we do lose time but we gain focus which is immeasurable.

It´s almost uncanny how one swift swat can turn a raving and manic child into a sweet and compliant little man. It brings tears to my eyes. the sheer ease in using this magic button to rein in, of sorts, the tasmanian devil that has manifested itself within my child. you should try it!