Gracing the Thanksgiving Table

[MineralMan]

6. I'm lucky, in a way. Very early in the PC age, I had a PC clone.

So, I got involved in a local computer users' group. I was also writing for a couple of computer magazines at the time. I got roped into being the President of the group, which grew to over 100 at each meeting. So, it fell to me one day a month to spend about an hour up in front of everyone, talking about some computer topic or another or demonstrating a piece of software.

It didn't take too long for me to get fairly comfortable with speaking to a group of people. That stood me in good stead when I was asked to speak at conventions, etc., in front of a bunch of strangers.

So, something like saying a sort of grace before a family meal or a few words at the funerals I'm going to more often than I want, isn't so difficult any longer. It really is a learned thing. The more of it you do, the less anxious you are.