Rubik's Cube

I got a Rubik's cube for Christmas. I am by no means a genius, but by following the instructions that came with it, I can now solve it in less than five minutes. I know it's not speed cube record...just search youtube for speed cube, but hey, I can do it. Now the way I see it is this way. I could have taken time to figure out this puzzle, but why re-invent the wheel? It came with the 7 step process to solve the thing. I practiced with the steps enough, that I started to see what they did. Then I could do it without the instructions. I've came up with a couple of shortcuts that help. The moral of the story is that if you can read, and comprehend what you read, you can truly do most anything.