The World’s Got Talent

nicole — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:52:01 +0000

Everyone’s got one, the world is full of it. People say “I have no talent whatsoever.” And I truly feel this is… impossible? Why? I don’t understand how you could be ‘talent-less.’ Everyone’s got one, and maybe it’s hard to find. For me, it’s hard to find. Everything I do, everything I try I either give up or I’m just honestly no good at. And I don’t know what it is, but although the world is full of talent, there’s another thing we are all good at. Giving up. My grandmother told me something the other day, I know she meant it because Iknow that whatever she says, it comes from the heart. “You’ll be good at what you love. Don’t give up.. or I’ll be disappointed in you.” So now, I’m afraid of giving up. I’m afriad of not completely something fully, not being… successful. Maybe it’s not something I should be afraid of, but it’s more of a fear of failure. I was playing a children’s game over ‘winter’ break, it is called Apples to Apples. You have seven cards in your hand and they are all nouns. The ‘judge’ picks an adjective card and then you need to pick a noun that the adjective describes. Then, the judge decides which card is best-described. We had been playing for hours and hours, I was on the verge of stopping. The kids all wanted to play for a little longer, so I stayed. I picked up the noun card that had ‘failure’ written on it. On the bottom of each noun card, there is a little saying or description. Almost every single card has something funny or amusing written on the bottom, but failure, on the other hand, had a quote. ‘What we call failure is not the falling down, but the staying down’ has been stuck in my head forever. It is… impossible to forget. Maybe what I am afraid of is not failing, but not being successful.I keep asking myself, how does failure relate to the world? Until just a second ago, I clued in. I feel most of us want peace, we also say we do at least. And the thing is, we don’t really try. And if we do, we ‘fail.’ I don’t see anyone trying, trying, and trying. “One person can’t make a difference.” But one person can. I could be that one person, and I’m determined to be. Right now, my ‘resources’ are cut off, I guess you could say. The opportunity isn’t a flashing sign at my nose. At the same time, does it need to be? Does everything need to have the PERFECT chance? Nothing is perfect, so my answer is no. No need to wait for everything to be laid out in front of you, I feel that it might never happen like that. Maybe that is why no one truly succeeds. We wait and wait, we think and think, but never act. If we do, is the world so ignorant that we take a few moments out of our so-called busy lives to think about it and then move on, not paying attention?

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The World’s Got Talent