Moments of 'Stupid'

Moments of ‘Stupid’

January 16, 2017

Carolyn and I got new iPhones a while back.  For two or three days, I felt stupid.  I knew my old phone so well, and now this – this stupid-maker needed to be unlocked and turned into a functioning tool. 

For a while I felt stupid.  And then it worked.  I learned. 

This happens to all of us, doesn’t it?  And isn’t that the way we learn?

I have a friend who is a biological researcher.  She probably feels stupid for most of her work hours, for she is working on a cure for a certain strain of cancer.  Can you imagine leaving work every day and having feelings of ‘stupid’?

And she keeps going back to work.  She keeps trying to unlock the code to success.  Aren’t we glad she does, and others like her?

Stupid has a partner you know.  FEAR!

When we feel stupid we are afraid. 

~What if I never succeed?

 ~What if I never get another date?

  ~What if I flunk this test?

   ~What if I fall on my face in front of everybody?

And we try anyway.  We continue to get back up, swing the bat a few more times or run the quarter-back sneak play one more time.

Unfortunately, our mighty Seahawks lost their chance to play in this year’s Superbowl.  I don’t know all the emotions running through their collective minds but I’m sure some feel stupid over a certain out-of-position move on a certain play.  And perhaps there is a touch of fear of “will we ever win another Superbowl?

The answer to all of this?

Yes!  We can win again.  We can find the cure.  WE CAN!

And how? 

Maybe through some simple changes.  My biologist friend doesn’t keep doing the same test with the same ingredients hoping for a different answer.  She changes. 

SHE CHANGES!

Change hurts.  Change is often no fun.

And we do it anyway. 

Change can bring growth.  Change can be a great thing. 

Change might may us feel stupid for a while.  And we hate the feeling of stupid. 

However … how about looking at life this way …

Stupid could be a good thing.  What if stupid simply means …

I may not know the answer today, but I’m closer than yesterday, I’m better than last week or last season.  And ‘stupid’ then becomes our motivator toward knowledge, skills gained, and making an iPhone work.

Stupid can be a very good thing.

Very good!

P Michael Biggs

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