Laziness is never a part of love. It is a form of deceit

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Alan broke his arm at school, and because it was in plaster, he could not do up his shoelaces on his shoes anymore. His kind father took on this task for him. After a while though, Alan found that his hand movements were better, and he could now do this, although it still took him a bit longer to do so. He liked his father paying special attention to him though, and so he did not tell his father that he could now again do this task for himself. He kept getting his father to do it for him. Alan's old Uncle Dave was visiting the house while this was going on. He had an astute mind, and he worked out quickly enough for himself what was really going on here. He took Alan aside, and he said this to him. "Alan, we all are given the abilities to do what we can for ourselves. Help is given to us when we need it, but to abuse this help, and take something unneeded is to not accept our ability, nor to take responsibility for doing our best in our lives, whilst being considerate of other people too." Alan looked up at his Uncle not wanting to admit anything about what he was doing to his father. Alan's Uncle then continued to speak. "Alan, you are a good boy overall, and you love your father, but the greater love for him would be shown to him, if you show him that you can be trusted to not mislead him, and so give him confidence in you as being a good lad to him." "Remember this, and I will let you decide what you want to do here for yourself." The next day, when Alan's father came to help him put on his school shoes, and to tie up the laces again, Alan told him, "No Dad, I can do this again for myself again now, but thank-you so much for helping me for these past few weeks in this task." A moral to the tale: "A young tree grows best not on cold rocks, but by being planted in sunny soils." A young boy must not become cold in his mind, and ignore the sun still shining in his heart. Follow your heart, not your mind.