Random Thoughts: No Talent No Cry

I think I don’t have any specific talent which I can deeply dig until I become a master of it. I used to envy other people who luckily have it. However, recently, I find it quite dilemmatic whether I should feel envious or grateful because I constantly feel sceptical that I can stay humble when I know I’m good at something.

I personally believe it has to do with the society and its tendecy to over appreciate people who were born with special talent. I’m not saying we shouldn’t appreciate or feel grateful when someone got talent. But, there is a fine line between showing our grateful feeling and glorifying our proud feeling.

It leads me to a question: should we be proud if we have natural talent?

Come to think of it, we can’t choose whether we have natural talent or not. Therefore, it is a great luck as well as a great test for people who have it. It brings joy and anxiety at the same time. Our life will get easier in some areas when we have natural talent, but we also have the responsibility to not waste our talent, let alone use it for wrongdoing.

So, I see no point to feel over proud for having a natural talent. On the other hand, somehow I feel sympathy for people who have it because like what Uncle Ben said: “With great power comes great responsibility.” For people with natural talent, everyday probably would always be a constant battle of seeking the real love or a mere validation.

Now I realize that I have probably wasted my time to be envious of them. Everyone have their own battle. Actually, without having any natural talent, I have a bigger room for error a.k.a a room to explore myself more and to simply enjoy my own learning path. Hypothetically, my learning pressure will be so much lower when people don’t put any expectation on me since they think I have no natural talent.

At the of the day, the key for happiness is living with no expectation, isn’t it?