This title is not my own, and I'm not exactly sure who originated the phrase. It came to me through a much-loved and respected teacher, and it surprises me that, every time I've used it in conversation, it seems to be something previously unthought of and possibly irreverent.
The other thing that surprises me is that (most) people are capable of attacking themselves fiercely when they find themselves at odds with this C minus world. It's frustrating: stuff breaks, technology does not cooperate, the mediocre on-line banking site is not doing what it's supposed to. Brains age and forget, bodies eventually die, it is the nature of things.
For a long time, I though that I was the only C minus, and that the rest of the world was at least a B+. The problem seemed to be that I was too thin skinned, or just not tough enough. The fact that I spent much of my youth and young adulthood in Manhattan, and worked in the garment industry did nothing to dissuade me from that belief.
I've been working on it, at denying that voice, that says everything has to be perfect or I am a failure. with a big fierce and consistent NO. That is all I want to say to that voice. And then, I want to relax into the silence that comes when that voice stops talking, and listen for what happens.
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