Yesterday my eldest went to the Cardiff City open training day to get signatures of all the players. She managed one and cried all the way home. The day had not lived up to her expectations.
Good! A teachable moment and another long explanation from her father. Not so good!
Our expectations are not a great indicator of what might happen. We can guess, we can try to control, we can worry, but we can’t know for sure.
I might have wanted to give my kid chocolate and condolences, but what I needed at that moment was emotional control because, in the absence of leadership, my eldest would have got what she wants not what she needed.
On reflection, yesterday was not a perfect day, but a good day. We both got what we needed not what we wanted.