Daily Inspiration Questions & Answers For My Sons
April 2nd 2013
The following is taken and modified from the character Zeus's conversation with his boys in the movie Die Hard With a Vengeance. I just watched this movie. The 3rd rendition of this movie franchise was so-so, but this back-and-forth conversation with his boys caught my attention. In fact I loved it. If you remember the original version, it needed a little modifying here and there in order to go mainstream. The following is my rendition of it. I plan on rehearsing this script with my three boys daily or at the very least weekly. It's a good message(s) for them to learn I believe. Please feel free to use, and even edit your preferred life lessons into it, that you would like to engrain into your children's heads.
- Dad: Do we let people use us?
- Son: No!
- Dad: Why?
- Son: We build our own castle(s). We don't help "others" build theirs.
- Dad: Now, where you going?
- Son: School.
- Dad: Why?
- Son: To get educated.
- Dad: Why?
- Son: So we can go to college.
- Dad: And why is that important?
- Son: To get respect.
- Dad: Thats right - RESPECT! Now, who's the bad guys?
- Son: Guys who sell drugs. Guys who have guns. Guys that lead us off our path to success.
- Dad: And who's the good guys?
- Son: We're the good guys.
- Dad: Who's going to help you?
- Son: Nobody.
- Dad: So who's going to help you?
- Son: We're going to help ourselves - and our family.
- Dad: And who do we NOT want to help us?
- Son: The Government!
- Dad: That's right. Now off to school you go.
- Dad: I love you son!
- Son: I love you too dad!
