Brain Food #504

Admitting our imperfections

Thoughts of the day

Happy Friday.

A lighter Brain Food for today, as another week comes to an end, and it feels like some lightness is much needed given the current state of things.

A popular Reddit thread, titled: “What's something you CAN'T do that everyone else can?” lets people anonymously confess perceivably common and simple acts that are impossible for them to perform.

The contents? Amusing, endearing, and strangely encouraging, when we realise we are less alone in this world than we think. From not being able to skip, to not knowing how to whistle, there is something in the list that everyone will associate with.

Some humour always helps, and this is self-deprecation at its best, a gentle reminder that instead of feigning perfection, it could be refreshingly liberating to admit failure, even of the smallest kind.

Read the thread here, and this weekend, try to confess your little failures to someone. You might be all the better for it.

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