Can you juggle? I can’t. I have tried. I will try again. But so far, I have not met with any notable success. My husband, on the other hand, is a pretty accomplished juggler. If you were to ask my kids, this very fact elevates him to rock star status!
My husband has patiently tried to teach me to juggle. He has given lessons to our kids and their friends. I don’t know if anyone has actually been able to pick up the skill, though. We are all too impatient. We want to just juggle!! But he is methodical (and right) and makes us all start with just one object, then two. He gives us little exercises that we can’t master because we pick up a third object too quickly. Why can’t we just do it? Why does it take so long to learn how to do it?
I have to say I run into this attitude of mine too often. When learning to play a game, my husband faithfully reads all the instructions while I try to not crawl out of my skin in anticipation. I don’t read assembly instructions either. “Just put it together! How hard can it be?”
So, will you learn to juggle today? Are you an instructions reader? Do you stop to ask for directions? Did you marry someone just like you, or your complement? (Isn’t it nicer to call them complements, rather than crazy opposites?)
