A Sign of...What?
At one point, I recall hearing someone say that absent-mindedness is a sign of genius. I hope that’s true. If it is, then you should consider yourself privileged to be reading the writings of a genius!
As I drove out to my weekly Bible study tonight, I managed to forget how to get there. I’ve been attending now for about a year, with a break for the summer. But somehow, that file in my brain must have gotten deleted. At one point I thought I had driven too far, so I turned around and started back in the direction from which I had come. Shortly thereafter I realized that it must have been further down the road than I thought. So I turned again and continued in the original direction. After several more wrong turns and back roads, I did manage to stumble upon the house where the Bible study was being held. Thankfully, I remembered with clarity how to get home once the study was over!
I don’t particularly think of myself as being directionally-challenged. But I don’t know how to explain away such odd predicaments in which I find myself more often than I care to admit. Absent-mindedness? Lack of observation skills? Poor memory retention? All of the above? Come to think of it, a friend of mine gave me a program on a CD a while back that’s suppose to help you increase your memory retention. But I can’t remember where I put it…
2 Comments:
Another amusing anecdote. You should see some of the ones I had about Norbert Wiener, the great mathematician. They're on my post regarding mathematics.
One interesting thing, though. Men and women are good at different things. Despite any feminist rhetoric to the contrary, I think this is pretty clear. One of the (few!) things men are better at is maps and directions. Ja, I know about the adage about not asking for directions. But that really has nothing to do with innate ability. That's just pig-headedness! Anyway, I think a C. S. Lewis quote is very appropriate here. It's from Prince Caspian.
"That's the worst of girls," said Edmund to Peter and the Dwarf. "They never carry a map in their heads." "That's because our heads have something inside them," said Lucy.
I just love that quote. It says it all.
In Christ.
Sympathy from someone who is directionally challenged. :-)
~ another Natalie
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