Thoughts for your thoughts
#1 Skills In the movie Napoleon Dynamite (I lost you already, didn’t I?), there’s a scene where the main character, Napoleon, is discussing with his friend Pedro how to get a date for the approaching high-school dance. Girls only want boyfriends who have great skills. “nun chuck skills” for instance. …As strange as it sounds, this got me thinking about my own skills. I am good at several things. I have become acquainted with many different activities, and achieved a passable skill level in many of them. But there’s one big problem. I am great at none of these things. I’m a good photographer, a good student, a good listener. My skills are so moderate that if I were a kitchenware item, I’d be a cheese gooder. Even my puns could be better. This leaves me in a unique situation: I know enough about everything to talk about it, but little enough to be an expert at none of it. O, the crises of recent college grad. I do not write any of this to lament my unhappy situation though. I do so merely to draw attention to an interesting quirk in my life. Perhaps I am actually great at something. Perhaps my great skill is really my ability to do everything somewhat well. These are thoughts for your thoughts. Have a nice Day. “The world is suffering not from want of wonders, but from want of wonder.” G.K.C
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