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Adequacy
Adequacy is our ability to cope….no matter what the situation. Adequacy is both a fact and a feeling. A lot of people have the fact of adequacy, but don’t have the feeling and consequently go around with negative thoughts and fears. Actually, when problem situations come, they will handle them well, but they don’t enjoy the feeling of adequacy. Both are necessary.
There is no reason to say that you are adequate when the fact of it is you are not. This is fantasy and will get you into a great deal of trouble. You will be in trouble when the fact is revealed. But the feeling is important for it is made up of hope, faith, confidence, and past good experiences. It is important to accumulate our good experiences rather our bad ---- and majoring should be done in good experiences.
The ability to think is far greater than the ability to store information. The willingness to act is more important than the data involved with making it. Many people have information that’s enough to make a good decision, but very few people will make the call. It is the willingness to be decisive that makes a person more adequate intellectually than just the accumulation of knowledge.
