And the likelihood is that you'll never be. Ever. So scratch that idea, that fantasy.
I'm certainly not. I know that my limitations outweigh my strengths. It sucks to know it, but I know it still.
The stark reality is that, for a given field of endeavor, we probably don't even know what the best looks like because we can't understand it.
That's not a pitfall, mind you. It just means that progress is possible. And that we're not fundamentally broken because we haven't fulfilled the false wishes of those of us who try to formulate the parameters of our behavior and thoughts with their ideals and trances.
That's not the same as thinking that nobody and nothing restricts us and choosing ignorance. Trust me, I used to chose ignorance a lot more than I'd care to admit now. It remains, though, that, any one of us can spend many years to get even moderately decent at something. The catch is that being moderately decent at something is still above average.
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