Improvement Era, 1945 by Unknown

Author:Unknown
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Religion

My Father By Jim Knowlton

WHEN I was younger than I am now, the most common argument that my friends and I had was about who had the best dad. Of course none ever converted the others.

I think I have the best father in the world because of the way in which he brought me up. For example, when he was telling me about the bad results that come from using tobacco, he would say, "I will surely be happy, Jim, if you never touch the poison." No matter what it was he was trying to put over to me, he always did it in the same friendly, yet convincing manner. It was inevitably, "It will always make me proud of you if you do this," or, "You don't know how happy this would make me, Jim."

Another factor which makes me feel as if my father were the greatest man on earth is his utmost confidence and trust in me. Everything I ever told him was the truth. Whenever I had a problem to bring up with him, he would always listen to what I had to say, give me his advice, and then always say, "Use your own judgment, son." Sometimes my judgment wasn't the same as his. If things would have gone better the way he said, it didn't matter; I had made a mistake and taken note of it. If my judgment turned out to be for the best, I got a pat on the back for it.

What did all this confidence and trust he had in me mean to me? It meant that I never failed to keep his trust and confidence. I dare to say that I have never let him down. If I did it would be myself I was letting down.

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