Breakfast Meditation; Despising Your Gift
I was having breakfast at home this morning (one of those rare days). While I sat and was eating trying to motivate myself for the day, I figured that all the talents and gifts I knew I possessed growing up, have been grossly underutilised. And even when I tried, I couldn’t take it all the way. This was quite a painful rediscovery of myself this morning. I figured that the reason I am in this position right now is that I despised these talents; I thought them as mere hobbies or pastimes. Now I’m in my mid-twenties thinking; if only I h,ad taken music or writing or even acting more serious I probably would be a star. So the truth is talents can be lost. If you neglect your innate ability, it might take a very long time; but it will eventually leave you. I can’t begin to tell you the number of uncompleted books, half stories, unfinished songs I’ve done because in truth, I do not even know how many, or have a clear memory of them anymore. I never believed they would amount to s...