Steinberg Blog

I’d like to comment on a phrase I often hear; one that has on occasion been said to me.

“It only takes one.”

The context usually has to do with a person searching for that special someone. Mr. or Miss Right. And as a person goes through failed attempt after failed attempt to try to find his or her future spouse, people will say, “it may be tough, but it only takes one.” Someone said it to me a few days ago. It only takes one.

It only takes one? What a load of Uncle Al’s Grade-A Fertilizer.

What does “it only takes one” actually mean? It only takes one of what? You marry one individual person, but to find that lucky bundle of bones, flesh, and (hopefully) neurons, you often have to go through more unpleasant experiences than you can list on all your fingers and toes, even if your parents were cousins.

Dating, like anything else, takes work. I mean, look at Thomas Edison. It took the crazy nut 50 tries before he up and stole the light bulb from some guy named Swan, who deserved it for being named Swan. (These things are a process.)

So the next time you see someone studying for a big test, go up to them and say, “it only takes one.” They are not going to know what you are talking about and they might call library security because what you are saying makes no sense. Same here. Think about it.

-Steinberg

(Do libraries have security? Do they carry weapons?)