Oct. 3, 2009
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Just Say No to Talent
A really neat family from the church we've been attending is, right at this moment, having a Fall Bash, and they had asked everyone to come ready to share a talent that others may not know about you. My first reaction was, "Hey! That sounds like fun!" In a split-second I changed my thought to, "I don't have an out of the closet talent, let alone a secret one." As you can see I'm not at the talent show, but that has more to do with having other things to do than not wanting to have fun watching our new friends come clean.
It's not that I don't have hobbies. I've got quite a few in fact. It's just that they aren't something that I am particularly talented at. Take napping--even a baby and your common house cat can handle it. I don't think I stand out in the art of napping.
I can read, and while quite a few people can't and I have that edge on them, I don't read on a Shakespearen or legal paperwork level. Although only reading the KJV of the Bible has given me a boost and made it much easier to understand; instead of polluting my reading skills with dumbed down versions dedicated to an 8th grade reading level. Taxes still scare me to death though, causing me nausea, headache, and near shock. It's obvious that I have a tolerance level for reading and once I reach that thresh hold I am allergic, so I don't know how much farther I can go with my reading skills
I also write, but I'm a long way from the talent of Erma Bombeck or Mark Twain. I think Jane Austen is a great writer too, but really, back in her day, she was writing the equivalent of a Harlequin romance. Sure I write on this blog, but it's more a journal of my thoughts and opinions than an actual work of art. The problem with a talent is that you have to keep working at it. I definitely need to work on my writing (grammar, sentence structure, and the like), and writing is considered a craft of sorts, but I don't in any way enjoy the process of learning more about it. I think it's probably important for a person to at least like practicing their talent, sometimes.
Obviously having a talent doesn't mean that you have to be a genius at whatever it is that you do, but let's face it, I don't do anything worth promoting or working harder at. How would I perfect my napping technique?
Why is it that people insist that I have to have a talent, and they always want to encourage me in one? Seems like a lot of peer pressure to an addiction to me: always wanting more of it, spending lots of time with it, not to mention money.
Hey, I'm talent-free and proud of it!
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Oct. 4, 2009
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Oct. 5, 2009
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You are a hilarious writer!
Oct. 13, 2009
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Hip hip hooray for that old KJV! Just curious, is that your preference, or do you have a conviction about that?
Sally
PS. Happy birthday to BlueJane tomorrow. Our girls share the same birthday a year apart. I'm thankful for their bloggy friendship. Thanks for allowing it!