Acquiring Competence
When new thoughts touch my soul and mind
i feel a weakness of some kind.
If my brain is not too nimble
i keep searching for a symbol.
I feel an incapacity
like there is something wrong with me.
but i realize, with practice
coordination becomes active.
Every time i start something new
i doubt that i can carry it through.
but practicing comes to my rescue;
so that is what i will have to do.
When practicing becomes a habit,
i wanted skill, and now i have it.

Walt Abbott–12-18-08