The Old Man View.
*A 40-year-old man visited his old father who could no longer see very well*. As both of them sat in front of his house chatting, *a dove flew in and perched on the window*. The old man asked his son, *"Is that a dove that perched on the window?"*. The son replied, *"Yes dad".* *After a short while, he asked the son the same question a second time and got the same answer*. When he asked the same question the third time, his son became angry and rebuked him saying, *"This is why I hate visiting you, you keep repeating questions!"* The old man was silent for about 10 minutes, and then *he asked the son to go into his bedroom and fetch his old diary.* The son did as he requested. Then he asked him to read page 2 of the diary. The words read: *"My son is 3 years old today. As we sat in front of the house playing, a dove flew in and perched on the window. My son asked me 30 times if it was a dove. I gladly replied "yes" to each q...