Yesterday I was encouraging myself and other

s to make preparations before you begin something new or to learn something or to create something.

There is another problem that we humans have is that we get nervous about beginning a task especially if we believe it’s difficult so we can spend a long time preparing so that  it becomes almost impossible to start

This happened to me my first art class where the teacher asked us to take something to draw

I believe we were using charcoal so I sat there clutching my wooden decoy duck in my left hand and the charcoal in my right hand and I watched as everybody in the room except me began to draw

This went on for half an hour and then I thought I’ve got to do something even if it’s terrible.

At the time I didn’t think it was very good but since then I have seen it in a different light I think it was very good

But the most important thing was I did not leave the room and go away never to return. Of course I had paid in advance so that was a factor, but that was not the main reason

The main reason was that if I gave up at that point I would never ever try to draw anything again.

And there are other situations in life where  withdrawing is not a good idea

And I think the most horrible kind is when someone is going to get married and they suddenly run down the aisle of  the church before they  made their promises.

Well they will certainly never have a church wedding again

That’s not too bad in our society because you can have a civil partnership or if you can live together without being married.

So if you are in that position do not run out of the church unless you are sure that you are making the right decision

Don’t run out just because you are feeling tense and nervous as many people do in churches or theaters or places where it’s difficult to leave because therefore the people whose eyes to look very threatening to person of edge of panic

It’s an illusion because people are not hostile to you when they’re sitting behind you in church or sitting in front of you in the theater

The truth is more painful that most people don’t notice you and you can get up and do a handstand in the middle of the aisle and lots of people wouldn’t notice or if they did they wouldn’t  be interested. We are not as important to everybody elsewe sometimes feel especially when it’s a negative feeling.

I calculated that I was in the top 0.1 % of  I Q in the USA

But I don’t understand what 0.1%  is in ordinary language. Can someone explain it to me ?

I can remember reading the information on the cornflakes box when I was only 18 months old. I  have never read a book since then.

My own IQ is very low it is one standard deviation below the norm that means I’m in the lowest 25% of the population and yet I have been to university and got a degree

This proves it is not of any use to work out what your IQ is as it says in the Bible

By their deeds you will know them