Do You Know All That Much?

There is insistent pressure on everybody to be smart.  Everybody also has the fear that they are not all that smart.  But I urge you to stop and examine all this.  New things are difficult.  That's just the way it is.  But consider all that you have actually learned by the time you can read well enough to read this post.  You have mastered speaking, eating with utensils, being potty trained, reading, relating to others, and managing your emotions, among other things.  Oh, yes.  You can probably dress yourself and buy your own candy.  You broke each of those things down into their smallest parts and practiced those small bits over and over.  You built on skills to get further skills and here you are, a functioning adult.  Another skill you used as you learned all the things I mentioned was that you didn't dilly dally around about learning these things.  You went for them with gusto.  So capitalize on your skill of being fearless, use your other skills of practice and breaking things down and get a little bit smarter.  You have already done great things.  Walking is a great skill.  Complex and new when you start out.  As is talking.  Math and foreign languages, writing poetry or driving a car are not actually as hard.  You are marvelous.  You can learn.  You can ask questions or get things demonstrated for you.  Your  smart hat is tailor made for you, it is just your size.  Put it on and celebrate how smart you are.