I am trying to be a bit more intentional in looking to see the littleness in my daily life. Writing about it a bit more regularly is helping with that (hence the sudden plethora of posts –though I don’t know how long this will last, as it takes me too long!)

It’s a shame that such humbling must so often be not of our choosing. Makes me think of a misquote of that well known phrase, “Some are born little, some achieve littleness, and some have littleness thrust upon them.” 🙂

It reminded me of an experience I had when I was asked to lead a couple of hymns at a meeting at church. I prepared for it quite well, getting my songs and guitar ready. But when I went up to lead, the guitar had gone COMPLETELY out of tune and I was too flustered to tune it on the fly. Like you say, it is so embarrassing and humbling to appear incompetent at something I can do well. Later I was able to reflect that (1) it’s not all about me (2) everyone else probably forgot all about it. But at the time? Ouch.