Geometry dash

Geometry dash is a game my nephew once played is what I remembered about it until one day my Son started to play it, my Son would play lots of little phone games so this was nothing new, they come and go and nothing stuck until Geometry dash. My Son would play video games from morning until night if allowed.

Over the course of 4-5 months he kept playing the same game and the same levels and failing all the time, he would lose his patience and get angry until get was told to get off the phone. Usual stuff, but I saw a way to get through to him, I asked him about the game 2 months ago and he explained how he needs to fail so much to understand the level and in failure he would learn success by trying so many times. I was like wtf is this golden nugget he just said to me in my mind. I said that sounds alot like life, you need to fail at experience to gain awareness and achieve personal success. That failure is not failure, failure happens is when you stop trying.

I installed the game that day and decided to invest in something for him, that game is hard and it makes me feel old, you need microseconds of reaction to best a level. I sucked and wanted to put it away, i did not and i was able to over time beat a few levels and my Son celebrated with me. It was a bonding moment he created when I followed his passion.

Now back to main point there is a level called dash he has tried over 2k times, you fail in seconds, and last night he beat it not for the first time but 3 times in a row, he was stuck on this level for months and now its easy.

After we celebrated I compared this experience to awareness and how when you achieve a new goal you see the world differently and now things that were hard are not. Just like 4 months and 2k tries and over 100k jumps now are made effortlessly and seamless.

I have been in conflict with his love of games but once i accepted he loves them and decided to be supportive shit like this can happen. Before this I would onlY complain without any suggestions myself. Not my best moments as a Father.

His birthday is in a week and it is all geometry dash merchandise, last night i took a shirt out and gave it to him. I said when ever you see this shirt I want you to remember the dedication and focus you put into your goal and to be proud of accomplishing His goals.

I love how He can teach me when I allow it.