been feeling slightly philosophical today, as usual.
i don't know if i told you about the story we had to write during class on thursday! the topic was entertainment, and haha i was struck with an idea the moment i saw it! i'm going to put it below, so if you wanna read it... just click away! haha, i got 27/30 for it. O.O surprise surprise! i thought it was some kind of terrible after writing it, felt like the story didn't flow quite as i'd liked it to.
anyway onto my philosophy!
they say everyone has a talent, but you know that set me thinking. if everyone has a different, specific talent, why does it seem like everyone is so, so normal? is it because they supress their talents? is it because they ignore it? is it because they haven't acknowledged it?
and if we all have special talents, then why are we all learning the same thing, at the same pace? are you trying to tell me that the education system denies our talents? so many questions, eh...
and you know i couldn't help but think this. is it possible to be better than another person at the same talent? say 2 people are both talented in...running. so of course it's possible to be better than someone at the same talent, yes?
i kinda think that's a bit of a sad thing, you know. you're already talented, but you're still not THE best. maybe the best in your school or something, but on a national or global scale, you're just like another ordinary person! your talent, no longer seems like a talent.
that seems like such a... golly i can't even put a word to it. it's just sad, sad news, i think. maybe that's why people choose not to go and attend to their talents. what's the point, right?
but i think it's because of that that everyone is a normal, mundane, unoutstanding person! i don't want to be like that, and i'm sure neither do you. i'm not actually sure what my talent is, i still don't know for sure. maybe i've already shown it, but haven't realised that that is THE talent, you know. and you probably haven't too.
i suppose that everyone does have a talent, so it's not very fair to say a certain person is untalented. you gotta say untalented in WHAT, right?
maybe a few people have multiple talents, i don't know.
bottom line, is you gotta pay attention to your talent once you've found it. some people can go on their entire lives without realising their talent. that's sad. so once you find your talent, don't throw it aside, you gotta nurture it, and make it an advantage you know. use it to your best ability. of course, i believe talent can be bred too, but it's just not the same as NATURAL talent. that's like that little edge, me thinks. of course, i suppose that you have to seperate TALENT and PASSION. these are 2 very different ball games. i mean, you could be seriously talented at something, but not passionate about it. breed your talent, but it doesn't HAVE to become your passion.
i think that the true talents of the world, the ones that stand out, are those with both natural talent and the willingness to breed it, of course coupled with passion for that.
i'm scared that i'll never realise what my talent is. i think i'll feel like a real nutshell if i don't find out what that little gift i was given is. that'll be sad, right? it's like someone giving you a brilliant present, and you not realising that it was a present and that it is a BRILLIANT present, you know what i mean?
just asking, what's your talent? comment and tell, tyvm!! :D
and as promised (i don't care if you want to read it or not.), here's the story i wrote for class.
( let's hear it for dennis o'bell! )