Jonah has been getting up and doing dominos every morning.

These are truly the proverbial bane of our existences.

They are just not designed to stand up.

Sometimes it takes him half an hour to get them set up, and after the 10th or 11th time his screams of frustration echo throughout the house each time they fall.

He asks for help. I try to help him. But amazingly, Jonah has more patience and dexterity than I do when it comes to these infernal things.

I’ve hidden these and he’s found them. If he can’t find them, he specifically asks for them.

Why?

Because it is a challenge. Because it is hard. And he has learned the value of accomplishment when you have to work hard for it.

Jonah sets himself a challenging goal and he persists until he achieves success.

There’s a lesson to be learned here. Something Jonah has figured out already.

Achievement has more value when the effort to achieve is greater.