"I've been having issues rubbing a couple sticks together to make a fire"

To which I said,
"Maybe you were never meant to be a fire starter?

...why not try something you enjoy doing instead?"

I think it was a hidden message, that I could never quite understand.

Each time my child-mind was told something, I flipped it instead.

All I can do is think and type, but something was always askew and never quite right.