There are plenty of things in this world that give us a false sense of accomplishment and security. A 5-minute YouTube instructional on how to build a house. Watching your mom cook, and suddenly believing you could open a restaurant tomorrow night. And Top Golf.
Golf is one of those things I pretend to be decent at, but in reality, I have absolutely no idea what I’m doing. I could play every day for the rest of my life and still be completely amazed anytime the ball goes straight and up. Seriously, it’s a modern miracle every time.
But when I play Top Golf? I’m basically a pro. Those little piggies in Angry Birds don’t stand a chance, and somehow every target gives you points no matter where you shank it.
It takes about five minutes on an actual golf course for reality to sink in.
I am not good at golf.
This desire to be great at everything feels pretty common these days, and honestly, it’s not sustainable. Eventually, you’re going to discover something you are absolutely atrocious at. And the hard part isn’t buckling down and figuring out how to get better. The hard part is realizing it’s actually ok to really suck at something.
We all have strengths. Scripture says some of us are the hand, some the foot, some the arm. Together, we make up the body. Together. An arm isn’t supposed to be good at being a foot. That would be weird.
So this week, put down the pressure to be awesome at everything. Save yourself the headache of learning one more instrument just because someone on Instagram made it look easy. Be ok with not being able to read.
Ok, maybe work on that last one if you’re actually falling off the reading rainbow.
But you don’t have to be great at everything. Be really great at your thing. And then call it good.
