Knick Knacks

"Rebecca, what do you think you have a knack for?" asked a friend of mine.

       This above question was asked to me after I had just pegged my friend by telling her she had a knack for making me laugh, even in the times I had no desire to laugh.
Her question was followed by my own hollow silence. I froze when I realized the question was one of those direct assaults that would require verbal self appreciation.

       I tried an evasive maneuver and responded with, "I have a knack for thinking like a fish and thats why I can catch so many when no one else does." My friend busted me when she responded to my answer with "chicken shit, you can do better then that, give me another."

       My next try as I searched out the perfect answer to remove the cross hair of her mental shotgun from my forehead seemed much better, "I have a knack for writing." To which she said, "Thats much better, but I want to know a knack that you have on other people."

       Knick knack patty WHACK upside my temple of mental fortitude. I then tried a childlike behavior, and responded, "Well, what do you think I have a knack for?" This is one crafty friend, she didn't play the game. Nope, she insisted I TELL HER something I personally thought of myself.

       I went through a list. Knack for spinning a tasty tale via writing, and sometimes, I can even tell a verbal tale that keeps people interested. A knack for listening, I fished that one out to her, and she didn't disagree but keep pushing my buttons. Knack for taking the high road, that one scored me an agreement. A knack for being a good mediator, resulted in a murmured yep.

       But the woman kept on pushing and poking and prodding until finally I said, "I've given you a list, thats good enough my darling friend who's about to get pushed off a cliff."

       This is where she said her trump card. "Rebecca, I find it interesting you named all those things, because I do agree, but your still missing the one thing I think you have a knack for that I think people appreciate the most from you."

       I was left rubbing my neck and looking up to the ceiling for the answer. I thought I had covered most of my bases, the things I felt I did rather well. I looked to her for the answer again.

       She, the prying pushy kind of friend I adore said, " Rebecca, I think you have a knack for making people feel really comfortable and thats the one thing I've always loved about you."

       She let me chew it around in my mind for a while and I didn't ask questions. I don't even know what someone could respond with to such a statement. But it was also something I had never thought about, or distinguished about myself. A knack, is something we're good at right?

       So how many knacks can someone carry around with them? I could probably think of a few more, like my knack for cleaning the entire house in less then 20 minutes if a person calls me and says they are in neighborhood and headed over with a few minutes notice. A clean job that would normally take 2 hours I might add. I also possess the knack for procrastination. But thats a negative knack, so I'll ignore that one for tonight!

       So I'm curious, taking away all chicken knack's, and going straight for the inner knack's that shine in positive light, I pose this question tonight. Go for the golden one, the one that makes you squirm uncomfortably in your chair. I would like to know what kind of knack's everyone has.

       No need to be shy, no evasive tactics, we want details here in this community. Ok, ok, I'm just nosey and want the specifics, I'm good like that~

       What is your most glorious personal knack?

Then, take it a step further and ask someone who knows you well, what kind of knack they personally think your really good at. The difference in answers can make a person go "ahhhh haaa"

Tis good to go ahh haaa once in awhile.