On one level, the most obvious level, this is nothing more than just another video taken by a dad of his kid. There are thousands of such videos streaming on YouTube.
On a deeper level, this video, and the thousands of similar videos, was taken by a father who is proud of his son's accomplishments, and deservedly so.
On the deepest level, a more personal level, this video, and those like them, is profoundly meaningful, and carries a significance far greater than the obvious, not for just this parent and child, but for every parent and child.
On this deepest of levels, which few of us care or have the mindset to ponder, lies some profound truths of the nature of our human character. Of the potential -- of the will -- of the patience -- of the fortune -- of the strength -- of the heart of our species to rise above our given circumstances, our situation, our condition, and in doing so, attain a sort of divine state of grace, a milestone moment long hoped for -- and an accomplishment that is significant to those that bear witness to the event, who are there to experience it. It is the moment of a hope becoming truth, of truth becoming fact, and of a piece of their puzzle finally being put into its rightful place.
Really...
It's just a little boy jumping into a pool.
It's just a little boy jumping into a pool and by doing so overcoming fears, overcoming anxieties, overcoming impatience, overcoming acute sensory dysfunctions, overcoming his fate...overcoming himself.
It's just another human being jumping into the next phase of life.
Really.
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