Fans
My neighbor is a big University of Illinois fan. He graduated from there; his wife graduated from there; they fly a big orange flag outside their house almost year ’round; they wear Illini clothing.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I saw him in his driveway last week wearing a brand new University of Indiana sweatshirt.
I had to ask, and as I did, I realized he had replaced the Illinois flag with the crimson banner of Indiana.
“Why?”
“Our son was accepted to Indiana, and will be going there in the fall,” he replied.
My neighbor is a fan of the Illini, but he is a bigger fan of his son. It is one thing to support, but it is another to support in spite of your own biases and preferences in favor of those you serve. My neighbor and his wife have done that, to their great credit.
[...] June 11, 2009 in Leadership | Tags: baseball, encouragement, fans, IHSA, Leadership Last week, I posted about my neighbor–a fan of Illinois, but a bigger fan of his son. [...]
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