Somehow, I hadn't heard of this before, but this is a little bit of the story of a very neat individual...
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/09/29/the-boy-who-harnesse.html
When you catch a foul ball - the first one you ever have - at a MLB game, and are so excited to share it with your child...
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4479580
...and she throws it back. What can you do -- give her a big hug and remember that there are more important things in life.
The look on his face is classic, but when his little girl realized she goofed and felt bad he immediately went into protective daddy mode -- that just made my day. Precious. They ended up getting several replacement baseballs, and a bunch of media attention, to boot, so it ended up even better than he could have imagined, but I am proud of him for having his priorities right.
The best argument I have seen yet to quit bitching about crap and get on with living...
"Breathing, by the way, is invariably fatal, if you keep at it long enough."
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/08/31/why-the-space-shuttl.html#comment-577909
The context of the article and comment thread only add credence to my train of thought.