"Multitasking"

Pride is a tricky thing.  We encourage our children to take pride in their work and then we warn of the downfall of being too prideful.  We brag on our kids and tell them how proud we are of them and then point out those that are too full of themselves.  It is a slippery slope.  Yet there are moments where you know you have achieved something that is at the pinnacle of its type.  I don't think Michelangelo after he finished the statue of David said, "Oh just slide it over in the corner some place."  And I'm pretty sure when he finished the Sistine Chapel he said the Italian equivalent of , "Get on some of that!"  So I was not at all surprised when a fourth grade boy proudly told me of an accomplishment that could not help but bring pride and respect in the rank and file of young men everywhere.  With a gleam in his eyes and pride in his voice he said, "Mr. Brandon, I just burped, farted, and sneezed all at the same time."