Had to stop

I was cycling today in New Hampshire on the road that leads to the Cathedral of the Pines and saw these two enterprising young boys trying to sell lemonade. I passed by them the first time, knowing that I could stop on my way back past them.

I thought about it for a while and decided that I should reward them for their efforts. At one point I tried to sell lemonade or something like it at the end of my driveway. Extremely unsuccessful when you live at the end of a dead end, but at five, who cares?

I really couldn't pass by them without getting something because I thought that they should be rewarded for their effort. How many kids are just sitting behind a tv screen on a summer day? Atleast these two made an effort to do something productive. Secondly, I used to do this so I want to be someone who helped support the tradition going...Kids should be selling lemonade, it's very American...and thirdly, I wanted the two boys to gain some confidence that they can sell things and that they can do some business. I wanted them to be able to run into their mom and say they made a dollar (it was only 25 cents, but I had to let them keep the change). They would have so much pride when they told their father about their sale. They would also be able to show the people who doubted them that they could do it. (My father was probably very quick to point out that I wouldn't make money when I did it..but again at age five that's not the point). Lastly I wanted them to feel like what they did was worthwhile and not a huge waste of time.

So anyway buying that lemonade was the highlight of my day. I'm glad the kids made atleast one sale. Hopefully they got more.

I also encouraged them to watch the soccer game on Sunday...not sure they will though. They said they weren't interested.