- (I work in a Coffee Shop. I was on break in the lobby when a couple walks in. Directly behind them is a cute little boy in Batman costume.)
- Me: “Oh my God! It’s BATMAN!”
- (The boy stops, strikes a pose and starts looking around menacingly. After a few seconds, he approaches the counter.)
- Mother: “Jeff, would you like a chocolate milk?”
- Boy: “I am not Jeff. I am The Batman.”
- Mother: “The Batman, would you like a chocolate milk?”
- Boy: “Yes. Yes, The Batman would.”
- (The couple pays while the boy sits down with his chocolate milk. He keeps a stern look on his face as he sips the drink.)
- Boy: *sips* “Gotham is safe.”
How I want to be cheered up if I’m down.
YESYESYESYESYESYESYESYES
When youth comes crashing in on them with enthusiasm and ideals, they put on their most patronizing smiles and send them out with what they call their blessings.
But you know and I know that they have not given their blessings but a cold shower.
They pat the young man or young woman on the back and say: “You’re young. Enjoy your enthusiasm and your ideals while you can. For when you grow up and grow out into the world you’ll see how foolish your ideas actually were.”
And, the trouble is, young people do grow up and grow away from their ideals.
And that id one reason why the world into which they go gets better so slowly.
