Most people want to be competent. We want to be good at something. We want to be successful professionals, talented cooks, and skillful artisans. We want to be recognized as an expert in a particular field of study.
Conversely, we fear being incompetent. We see failure as proof of our inferiority.
It is a strange truth that my early incompetence discouraged me from seeking success and social recognition.
Instead, I found myself searching for something more, for a different way home, for a happiness that up to that point in my life had completely escaped me.
It may have been my incompetence that saved me.
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