Talented! Part 1

     In such a wonderful time of growth and development, we human beings learn and acquire a great big many skills that will come quite in handy!  Whether it may be sports/physical prowess, intellect, creativity, or whatnot, when you're around 18-19 years old, you're destined to learn.

You have a great potential

     What's that I hear?  You don't think you're good at anything?  You don't have a specific thing you're above average at?  Your friends and peers are better than you in every possible way?

     That's okay.  Actually, that's more than just okay-- that's awesome!  You see, we're not supposed to be a Michael Phelps or an Albert Einstein!  Though, we do have to use what we were given and constantly improve it.  This is how we progress!

     There's a quote that I really like-- it goes something along the lines of: "If you're not good at anything, practice working hard; then you'll be good at something!"

     Myself included, many of us lack the willpower to be awesome-- we have the potential, but we don't let ourselves be.  The dross we see in ourselves inhibit us from seeing that inner awesomeness that we do, in fact, possess.

     While I write, I aspire to my favorite literateur: Oscar Wilde.  His witty, flamboyant language in his writings just capture the type of writer I want to be.  However, it's like looking at a skyscraper in downtown Manhattan-- how in the world do I get up there from down here?

Optimism is key

     Now, I write.  It's evident on my blog.  However, I used to hate it.  In fact, the reason for my extreme dislike was because of the fact that my grades in that class weren't very good and my teachers in the past (except for sophomore and senior years) weren't very supportive.  Likewise with reading-- seriously, what the heck is a metonymy?  Anywho, as I was given opportunities here and there, I started picking it up and used it as a vent-- an activity I would do whenever I was stressed, angry, or bored.  The more I did it, the more it became fun for me.  Some time later, here I am, doing what I do!  Honestly, writing how I feel is a lot more comfortable than verbally sharing them.

     It's funny, because through this journey, I feel like I picked up a whole bunch of other random skills too, like playing soccer,* teaching people [English and the gospel], and being patient with others.  Seriously.  The stuff I write are, quite frankly, the things I learn and convey rather recently.

     So yeah, just as how Jesus, the Messiah, and the king of storytelling, relates the parable of the talents to the crowd in front of him, not all were given equal amounts of money-- heck, the lord of the three said servants gave some guy 5 talents while others 1-2 talents!  The guy who was given a ton of money obviously had the advantage over the other 2 guys in every way possible, but the fact that he worked hard to multiply it was something that the lord of the servants was pleased about!  Now, the guy with the two talents could have complained at the fact that he was given nothing compared to the first guy.  However, he, too, worked to make more of what he had.  The last guy-- I'll leave that to your own explanation.  He didn't fare too well.



Pick yourself back up

     Point being, we start life without the same amount of bestowed skillsets.  Some of us are awful at one thing and professional in another.  With what we have been given, though, we have to, at some degree, use it.  If we let any precious skill of ours stagnate, no matter how bad it may be, it'll be taken away from us and given to the super rich guy, leaving you worse off than you started off with.  Improve ourselves!  Improve our talents, even if we may have only been given a quarter of a talent.  If we do, it'll be enormously gratifying.



*message me in private if you would like to know the story behind that!  It's pretty funny!