The Little Prince is Unique.

It seems that no matter where I go, the highway is always at least fifty feet away from my existence.

Today I have resolved to be a bit more consistent in my niceness to people.
I have also resolved to read the Little Prince every year around my birthday, just to remind myself of what Matters of Consequence really are and what truly defines Uniqueness.

As of right now, I sit in the driver's seat of my silver ford taurus, surrounded by probably eighteen semi trucks at a Rest Area somewhere close to Texarcana, the town between Texas and Arkansas.
Semi trucks have always looked imposing and threatening. It's as if they were made to crush little deers or small Ford Tauruses.

Today was spent reading the book-mentioned-above to Mom (who enjoyed it thoroughly) and Haley (who fell asleep once we got to page sixty-seven.

It talks about Uniqueness. For something to be unique, it doesn't start out that way. One must, as the Fox puts it, tame it-- spend time with it, get to know it, learn to understand it. The effort that is put into a relationship is just the thing that makes the person with whom you have that relationship so unique.
There might be a thousand little dolls in the world, but there is only one doll that a certain little girl calls her own. This doll is unique to her. It is special because it is the one with which that little girl has spent so much time dolling up.
The same with a boy and his dog.
The same with The Little Prince and his Flower.
The same with The Pilot and the Little Prince.

Once this thing becomes so unique, one learns to love it, which, as the Fox puts it, may at times bring one to tears, but it is worth it.
The things that one loves are the thing of most consequence.
The only problem is that grown-ups have everything turned around. The things of most consequence to grown ups are not important at all.

Also, in the same way, water gains uniqueness, or true importance, when one works to get it. Water is much more amazing after one has finished pick-axing a mound of rocks for detention rather than sitting in a Mexican History Class for forty-five minutes. It is the work that is put into acquiring the water that gives the water its true uniqueness, relevance, and importance.

To understand at all what I am saying, I order you (if you find it to be a reasonable order) to read it. It's a magnificent book.

Along with reading such a magnificent book, Haley and I played the Music guessing game.
I won.

We also talked about future college life.
Needless to say, I'm excited.

Needless-er to say, i'm exited-er for summer.