PROMPT: Good At

Daily writing prompt
Share five things you’re good at.

1.) Changing my mind. This wouldn’t be noteworthy except that there seems to be a stigma attached to adults changing their minds about a thing (even in the face of new, better, or first -time information.) It’s considered “wishy-washy.”

2.) Learning. I love learning and I devote a lot of time to it. Beyond youth, a skill for it requires a capacity for what Shunryu Suzuki called “beginner’s mind” — a state a lot of people seem to run from, rather than toward.

3.) Adopting another’s point of view. Truth be told, I wouldn’t really say I’m good at this, but the bar is quite low.

4.) Operating my body.

5.) Going the places that scare me.

NOTE: I thought I was better at humility, but the fact that I’m willing to answer the question speaks to the contrary.

PROMPT: Secret

What’s a secret skill or ability you have or wish you had?

This is a trick question that can only logically have one answer. It’s more of a logic / linguistic test than a prompt.

First of all, it can’t be a skill that one has, is secret, and that one blabs about on the internet.

So, the only “secret skill” that one could discuss wishing that one had on the worldwide web must be the ability to keep a secret.

Not really a problem area for me as, being a introvert, I’m pretty tight lipped by nature.