The best of us...the worst of us [a video blog]

I am often left with the thought that the best of me is also the worst of me - my talents, gifts, attributes where I excel I can use to bless people or just bless myself.  A theme I explore in this 1m 20s video post below.

Your thoughts:

• is this your experience too?
• feel free to join me and share your talents at their best/worst
• what/how do you think we can do about blessing with what we've been blessed rather than using it to just make ourselves feel good?

Comments

[David]

The best of Paul! I could put a voice with all that writting!
I tried to watch one of your earlier vids but it took 4 hours to load, so I gave up. ;-)

The best of me?
Creative probably.
But that can be worst because sometimes I can't think linearly. So I goof off instead. Sometimes at the expense of something that needs to be dealt with seriously.

[John Smulo]

Dang, you know how to pull off a really good English accent!

I'll have to think of best/worst.

[Katie]

Interesting questions...
I guess my good/bad thing would have to be my listening skill. I enjoy listening to people talk-- about their lives, their theories, etc. I'm facinated by other people and their experiences so I'm more than willing to sit and listen for hours! I'm a very constructive listener (nodding my head, eye contact, etc) and can give some occasional feedback.
However, the worst thing about it is that makes for times of not contributing very much (if anything) to the conversation and not voicing my thoughts/opinions. People then cannot relate to me and get to know me better...
I guess it's a good thing I want to be a counselor where I'm paid to just listen :-)
Also, your accent is AWESOME!

[mrs wibbs]

what's the big deal with the accent, people, it's just a bog-standard 'posh' london accent! And, Paul, btw, what's with all the crackles in the background?!?!
Anyway, enough of that, maybe I could try getting to the question in hand...
The best/worst of me - hmmmmm - there are quite a few things I could talk about here. But for once, I'll steer away from anything spiritual, and just pull an eg. out of my own life...: I am totally and utterly bilingual, and can speak perfect French as well as perfect (or so I'm told) English. While this is a huge advantage, and an amazing inheritance I'm hoping to somehow pass on to my kids, it can also be very hindering for me. It sometimes means that I can get very confused with what language I'm speaking, and carry on a conversation in French that I may have started in English, (and vice-versa) and that with a complete stranger...Yes it has happened to me, to my embarassement!! The other thing that happens quite often, is that I don't know how to pronounce, in English, words that look like French, and vice-versa. So - there you have it, one of my best, yet also worst attributes...
Sorry for waffling ;)

[Paul]

thanks David - hmmm maybe video clips are my worst then...

I know your one a bit though - if i can get a joke out even in the most serious of situs i find it very very hard to bite my tongue...

inappropriate humour!

[Paul]

thanks John, looking forward to hearing your best/worst...

i've been practicing my accent for awhile :)

[Paul]

thanks katie - i did a class on the trinity over the last couple of weekends and the lecturer was american - i kept thinking wow great accent and its funny that i must sound something the same to you :).

Debs would probably say the same - she's a great listener and people always tell her stuff - sometimes they forget to ask her for her stuff and reverse the process :(.

But if you can make money from that then awesome! :)

[Paul]

posh! thanks Rach :). The crackle is the rain - unfortuantly i don't yet have my soundproof recording studio :)

that's a great best/worst example - the wrong language to the wrong person must be very confusing ;)

[Molly]

I have a great Alaskan accent. Yes, yes, I know you're all jealous...
*snicker*

I would say that my best traits/talents are also my worst----or maybe it would be better to say that my "strong" points are also my "weakest." My ability to act quickly and make decisions as a leader is also something I need to watch out for. My ability to "market" without even trying is a strength and also something I need to be careful of (make sure that I'm "selling"/persuading the right thing for the right reasons). Etc, etc, etc... What we're good at always needs to be tempered with the opposing strengths of others. Kind of like our own muscles---the reason our arms work is becuase there are opposing muscles working in harmony. Which would be my wish for my marriage, might I add. :)

[Paul]

oh alaskan accent - i am jealous - erm what does it sound like???

yes that is a great wish for married life that your arm muscles all work ;)

thanks Molls!

[Molly]

British humor...

*winces and feels embarrassed for England*

[Paul]

you're not suppossed to be wincicng molls, just lying back and thinking of England ;)

[Duncan McFadzean]

Paul,
Good to put a [video] face to the name. I'll not pass comment on the accent as am somewhat lost as what our North American cousins are going on about lol.

Best of me - is probably my writing
Worst of me - i think too much about things, stressing over them

Good idea to do the video post

[Paul]

Thanks Duncan, i can't take credit for the idea, i blagged it from Joshua Case :)

Do you think your writing helps you think or just causes you more stress?