Not Yet Enough

Disaster strikes, and we stand paralyzed.

Or perhaps we try to help, but our labor is for naught.

No one would fault us. No one would say that we were evil or wrong. Instead, they'd console us, saying we did everything we could. We tried.

But at what point are our competencies under our control? Sure, the first time a problem happened, no one would expect someone to be ready. But what about the second? Third? Worse yet, what about those problems we know exist? Are we to blame if we stand in perpetual impotence?

When did we decide to believe that our power to do the right thing was static? When did we conclude that we were as fit as we could be to serve the world?

I'd say, instead, that we are not yet enough. Not yet the people we need to be to solve our problems. It's not that I'm a pessimist. Notice the "yet."

Take a look at the problems in the world around you. Consider your gifts and resources. Then systematically hone your abilities.