"Are you an idiot?"

One day I had plans to take my niece and nephew on an outing to give their parents a break. They were two and four at the time.

I arrived at their home, got them buckled into my car, and pulled out of the driveway. As I started down the road I realized I would get to our destination faster if I took a different street. I made a U turn and said out loud "Darn it! I went the wrong way!" Little Robert asked "Are you an idiot?" "No." I assured him. "Well, my daddy says that people who drive the wrong way are idiots!"

He had me there!

We all drive the wrong way now and then in our lives. The key, I think, is to recognize the mistake early and change our idiot status to the status of being on the straight and narrow. See with the eyes of a child, feel with the love of a child and be willing to change for the better.