Good for “Nothing”?

Here is a little something about “Nothing”

As I was growing up (in my teenage years) my mom would always tell me “Find something you are good at, and do it” Now me personally, being who I am, meaning mellow, relaxed and sometimes lazy, always leaving things for the last minute, ‘cuz yes I am a firm believer in the rule of “If not for the last minute nothing would ever get done” and so I always did nothing until the last minute, until eventually “nothing” was done.

I found that the easiest thing to do was, believe it or not “Nothing” in fact I was so good at doing “nothing” I practically did it all the time, why, back in those days I was so busy doing nothing I never had time for anything else, cuz hey again as my mom told me "Nothing- is free is life" I soon realized that I was a real professional at doing nothing, if there was ever a time that that there was nothing to do, I was the one that was to do it, yup that was my profession “Nothing” when it came to nothing I was up for the job, and let me tell you I was really good at it, you see I knew plenty of people who couldn’t stand doing nothing, truth is and I hate to say it but they were pretty bad at it, if all they had to do was nothing they would go insane, but oh no, not me, I can do nothing for as long as there was nothing to do, my profession of choice at that time was to teach people all there was to know about nothing, how to deal with it and how to practice it because as far as I knew when it came to nothing I was top of the class.

In fact I was so good at doing nothing that my mom actually started complimenting me about it, she would say such sweet things like “oh you good for nothing” and stuff like that, and let me tell you it truly inspired me, I really love my mom, and to hear her tell me openly that she recognized my skill at doing “nothing” really meant a lot to me! Heck I used to do absolutely nothing around the house just so that I can have my mom tell me what a truly “good for nothing”, I was, and let me tell you, it made me feel special.

The saying of “nothing could be better” took on a whole now meaning in my life as I knew that “nothing” was always better, and if anyone ever told me that “nothing feels right” I would quickly agree with them at how true it was how “nothing” feels so right and if anyone ever told me there was “nothing happening” today, then that made it one of the best days of the week.

Life was going great until recently my mom started confusing me by stating things such as “Oh, nothing is ever good enough for you” and questions like “isn’t there anything you like?” so now I’m really mixed up, doesn’t my mom understand that “Nothing” is perfectly good enough for me? And further more, why would I want anything when I have nothing? I think there is something mysterious going on here, and I’m beginning to doubt the sincerity of my mom and how much she loved me for being a good for nothing, oy, all those compliment that she used to give me, I really miss them :(

Where did I go wrong? Was there something wrong with my nothing? Why would I want to make something out of nothing when nothing is perfectly fine with me…

Now this is what I call making nothing out of nothing, and remember all, this is “nothing” to joke about :)

Father: Son, be a good boy while I’m gone.
Son: Okay, Dad, I’ll be good for a 10 dollars.
Dad: For 10 dollars? Why, when I was your age, I was good for nothing!