Life Lessons In Labor: A Tale Of A Father’s Guidance” 

Every year in the world of literature, life-impacting books are released, which leave a powerful message for the readers to embrace in order to combat in life. One such narrative revolves around a book, “Sermon from the Green Leather Chair,” that helps the child explore, under the guidance of his father, the virtue of hard work and the art of learning from others. Thomas A. Cook shares beautiful inspirations from his father that act as a testament to the wisdom of parents and the life lessons they impart to their children. 

The story begins with the childhood of dreams as every luxury was available to Thomas but under the adherence of his father, who had a watchful eye in the growing years with a firm belief that work is the cornerstone of a fulfilling life. The father’s unwavering intent toward his work ethic becomes a life lesson for Thomas. Through the eyes of the protagonist, we as readers witness the father’s continued conversations to ensure his child learns the value of earning a lifestyle. 

Thomas shares his personal experience of how he belonged to a privileged family and had all the luxuries of life available, yet his father used to remind him to work hard to earn all those wants. Often, he used to go on vacations to Hawaii for his dad’s work trips and other places too, which made him realize that when he grew up as an adult, he would have to earn all these luxuries. His father, in the living room, sitting in his famous “green leather chair,” used to give sermons on every matter of life, from business, religion, money, sports, and local issues. He builds in his child from his childhood the ability to earn and save for the wants, as only the needs were fulfilled. 

On many occasions his father told him to learn from others more rather than telling them what you already know. This advice was to get familiar with lots of people around you and embrace the knowledge they share. This is a life-long tip for every one of us as well, if delve into the idea behind it. The ideology to let others tell you about certain things open up the gate of knowledge which you may not know exist. 

The instances from his childhood to save money in his silver piggy bank, working at the neighbor’s garden his Kool-Aid stand to earn some cents, buying the soap box with friends build the power to be on oneself. This habit to work hard for your own things and afford the wants on your own is taught to kids these days very rarely. Today, we a generation should instill in our kids the need to work hard to enjoy a fulfilling life so that later in the challenges doesn’t seem a hard nut to crack to them. 

As they say the memories filled in the childhood goes a long way and one day when you grow up and look back at your life, everything seems as a life lesson. Thomas A by sharing his insights of childhood and his father’s role in his life leaves the mark for so many upcoming dads who should be a source of guiding light for their kids so that they turn out to be the most powerful individual. The sermons by your dad seems a bit too much at that time, but they leave a void for the whole life. And the sermons were given all his life till he absorbed and actually embraced it proves the patience we should endure for our own good.