"What is too sublime for you, seek not, into things beyond your strength search not."Sirach 3:20
Let me tell you about my nephew, Victor. He's 19 now, is in his last year in high school abroad, and isn't proceeding to University. And we love him to pieces.
I have to give it to his mom and dad for accepting him and his decision without giving in to the natural tendency of parents to panic that their son isn't going to get a college education. It must have been especially hard for them since my sister was Valedictorian and Summa Cum Laude in her day and her husband had completed a Ph.D. in the US. We did have a pretty good idea that Victor wasn't going to be going to college some time ago though. You see, he wasn't very good in academics. He slaved to get the grades to do that, but he knew it just wasn't his thing, this studying business. But he was good with feelings. His own as well as others'. In this day and age, that's called having a high EQ. That's why he feels he would make a good tourist bus driver.
I'd like to think that in an ideal and healthy society, no one individual should be pressured to produce A's and B's if it is beyond their capacity. The key is to know yourself, your strengths, your talents. My nephew has more than smarts. He has wisdom. Victoria L.
REFLECTION:
Have you wisened up to the truth about your capabilities?
Where we are weak, others are strong. Help me to accept this truth and rejoice that each one of us can celebrate in our uniqueness.
