“IF THE TRACK IS TOUGH AND THE HILL IS ROUGH, THINKING YOU CAN JUST AIN’T ENOUGH”

When I first read this poem by Shel Silverstein to my then four-year-old daughter, first I laughed, and then I read it to her again. Sometimes the most powerful universal truths are unexpectedly found in the most subtle, yet the most honest resources — children’s books. Seeing what really is important and focusing on it; the simplicity of this core wisdom is lost with age, as knowledge and skills accumulate, and tasks become more significant and complex. But when I see the levels of concentration my four-year-old is demonstrating while weaving a masking tape spider web around the house, I definitely have to admit that this kind of determination could become a subject of envy for many seasoned professionals, including myself.