Because of the trials in his own life, he’d not forced his kids to be outstanding, and, because the father didn’t pressure them, naturally, his children are, very well-rounded, translated…
My husband’s neighbor and older schoolmate is of Norwegian and German descent, he has three kids with his French Wife, Pasca. Since Marco was younger, he’d set the goal of becoming a doctor for himself, but, he’d, bombed that math exam on the eve of his high school graduation. His German mother transferred him to a school in Berlin, Germany, after he’d graduated from college, he’d worked in his home country for a bit, where he’d met up with his wife now; later on, he’d moved to Annecy, France, and lived for thirty years there, he’d worked in the Geneva Hospital bordering Switzerland for a very long time, until a couple years ago he’d decided on retiring early, started his life of living leisurely, playing with the grandkids, traveling.
From the views of the ordinary public, Marco’s path to becoming a doctor wasn’t at all, smooth sailing, but, later on, his life still belonged to the Victory bunches. I’d originally thought that he’d had higher expectations for his children, but the first time I’d met up with Marco, he drove as he told us about how his three kids are doing, he’d mentioned how his second son was living in a bus, and worked the odds and ends he could find, he’d said, plainly, “So long as my kids are healthy, happy, and safe, so long as they don’t rob, they don’t steal, or lies, with a cleared conscience, as for what they do for a living, it doesn’t really matter at all.”
I believe, that the reason why Marco can step out of having great expectations for his young, has something to do with his schooling career. Because he was, beaten down, at the moment when it’d counted the most, he’d understood, how life and fortune worked, that it may not work out evenly, with one’s own abilities; and, lucky usually is roughly the same as your capabilities, which makes a person’s future. Although he’d done wonderfully in the workforce, not only did he become a physical therapist, managed the department, and lectured at the same time at the university which the hospital belonged to, represented the hospital on the international conferences, but he’d not used his own title, his own work achievement, to have his children measure up to him.
Marco never forgot how hard he’d fallen from way back, it’d caused him, to be very open on the choices in life his children are willing to make, and learned, that living life safe, healthy, and happy, is the real blessings in life, he’d said no, to all the status quos. And, having an outstanding, but never-asking too much father, Marco’s children are, truly, very blessed.
Because this man had tasted defeat early in his life, he’d learned, that sometimes, what we’re chasing after, isn’t at all, that important, after all, what’s more important than living life to the fullest, being happy, every single day, and have good health? Without any of these, you can’t live your lives to the fullest, so, stop making your kids outstanding, if they’re meant to achieve greatness, then, they will!
Life, the Obstacle Course 