As most of you, my readers, know, I am nearly computer illiterate. Having toyed with these machines for over a decade has brought me into the world of technology and cyber-communication, but little else. I have discovered in my blogging adventures that many folks who blog, who utilize the internet, are just like me. A few folks know a little bit more about certain things, but not alot about a lot of things.
I find it daunting. I look at those little screens with all the boxes to check in order to get my computer to perform some task, and it scares me to death. Should I click it? Should I not? Sometimes I plunge ahead with courage and click them. When the screen goes beserk and my letters shrink to the size of a rat's hair, I realize I should have left it alone. Then I can't find my way back to undo what I've done.
It's times like these (and there are many) I resort to emailing live-support or calling the techs who know what I don't know....and much more.
I've learned to call the techs for all the things I need to do with my computer. I let them tell me what boxes to click. Today I found out the reason my screen print was so small was because the resolution was set too high for my Internet Service Provider's liking. So we just changed it. It was easy enough to fix. Makes me wonder how many other things are simple to fix.
My fourteen-year-old grandson is one of those characters who clicks and clicks and clicks until he gets the results he wants. He's never intimidated by technology. Come to think of it, he's never intimidated with anything. He is the motocross racer who lives to jump and fly through the air. He takes the new Kodak and Canon cameras and just plays with them till the shutter speed matches his patience. I wish I were more like him sometimes.
I'm just a bit intimidated by my ignorance. I fear I'll mess something up so badly that I cannot ever fix it. Isn't that odd? I've never felt that way about forging ahead into the unknown with writing--with publishing. With starting my own newspaper. Opening my own business. Applying for a job without the credentials or experience it required. I just dove into the water of the unknown without much thought at all to the consequences of my actions. Looking back, I see many times it worked out just fine. Sometimes, it would have been better to get help or seek advice.
I believe the key in life is not to be intimidated by our ignorance, but to recognize it and accept it. Then we must be willing to do what it takes to educate ourselves in the area we find ourselves lacking. Call in the techs. Seek the advice of others. And perhaps we ought to click a few boxes just to see if we are right. Life can be an adventure when we let it be. selahV
[copyrighted, SelahV Today, 2008]
