The boy had always been a problem to his father, but as he grew older the relationship deteriorated still further. Lazy, frivolous, and lacking any ambition whatever, he was content to live in his father's house long past the age when most young men had long ago started on their own. To make matters worse, the father was a minister and thus subject to the inevitable comments as to any faults found in the "preacher's son."
At last the dad determined that some corrective action was essential and he arranged a very solemn conversation:
"Son," he began, "You must take life more seriously. Just think, if I died suddenly, where would you be?"
"I'd be here," the boy replied with religious dignity appropriate for the occasion. "The question is: where would you be?"
---------------A Final Thought ...
"You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you."
- Eric Hoffer (1902-83), U.S. philosopher