 And there was Trent leaning against a tree, watching me with a big smile on his face. And that's when I realized my mistake. I'd focused so much on my expectations that I didn't accept my son's best efforts. Now I was doing the work I had asked him to do. Of course, when I tried to hand him back the rake, he said, No thanks, Dad. Why don't you go ahead and finish? You're almost done. We had a good laugh over it, but man, I learned a couple of important lessons that day.