On a scale of 1 to Hermione Granger, sometimes I tend a bit too much towards Hermione Granger. 

This shouldn't be a new revelation, but my dad has said several times when I came home that I didn't know when to NOT offer up my facts. 

Whoops. 

And then, recently I told someone I was 99% sure that the giants play in NJ and the Jets in NYC. 

Turns out I was wrong. 

Double whoops. 

That's been a bit of an eye-opener. 

I think I have it all figured out, 

but in doing so, I forget that there are many different ways to figure things out. 

And that being a KnowItAll annoys people more than it impresses them. 

So yeah, I'm going to try to tuck this particular trait in my back pocket more. 

I like what the commencement speaker said, and while I am great at taking it into account in my OT practice, I'm terrible at it in my personal life:

"Listen, and listen to understand, not to respond"

I am patient and empathetic and calm with clients, but sometimes at home mom asks me to do something Right This Second (love you, mom), 

And I react, instead of acting out of love

and Just Doing or Calmly Explaining.

Let's be real here. 

To some extent, that will always happen. 

I am okay with not being perfect 100% of the time, 

Because imperfections are the fertile soil for growth,

and that helps us grow towards the sun, 

Not think about our own greatness. 

So the potion to cure a nasty case of the boils? 

Even if I know that is on page 497,

Perhaps I'll keep it to myself.