The
meanings of certain words, clichés’ etc., do not hit some people until later in
life. There are many words that fly around and how many of them can one really
take note of? But when the realities of life sink into many of us and these
words come to convey deep meanings as one take time to think deeply and
reflect. Then it is possible to recount the words, their impact and the
consequence of not understanding those words and sayings early in life. Time and
experience indeed are great teachers. Talent is never enough to navigate the
whims and caprices of life. It takes gut, determination, persistence and
sometimes some slice of luck.
Some
people are early bloomer in life while some people are late bloomer. The early bloomers
are the talented people. They get things right early in life because of natural
talent, high IQ etc. They are the geniuses, the gods, the whiz-kids around us. However
the late bloomers are those who invest time, energy, dedication and passion to
what they do before they actually make it. They seem to stay longer on the
stage and seem to always rule over the early bloomers because they through
experience, dedication and hard work had to overcome obstacles, get past the
never do well syndrome or even emerge out of the shadows of early bloomers. One
thing set this class of achievers apart-they never give up. However a lot of
people in this class do fall by the road side because they found it frustrating
to be in the shadows of very talented and intelligent people, most times the
early bloomers.
There
are however few early bloomer that are able to transit from the initial whiz-kid status to adult genius, as those people inculcate hard work, dedication
and passion to their work. They do not take their talent lightly or for
granted and therefore they become superhuman-who we most times refer to as
gods. They transcend their present time and generation and are able to peep
into the future. Talent indeed is not enough to fully utilise and maximise ones
potentials. According the TD Jake, the graveyard is one of the most valuable
treasure trove on earth, much endowed than gold mine. Because in the graveyard are
potentials that were never utilised, talents that were never exploited and
visions that were not put to test. Therein lies people that died frustrated;
wishing their lives would have been better if they had the opportunities of
others. Alas some people live like that all days of their life. Refusing only
to see what they don’t have and not seeing what they have.
Whether
earlier or late bloomer, everyone has to use his/her opportunity very well. No
need of envying anyone because most envy is born out of the fact that one does
not recognise his time and season as well as talent. The little talent you have
can be grown with hard work and dedication. Crying about not having enough
takes one nowhere but it often embitters people-people who instead of using their
own talent crave for that of others. What you have and you don’t cherish is
what others are craving and aspiring for.
When
we compete it should be part of the consciousness we carry that we have
different seasons, strength, capacity and competence thus the niche at which we
compete is different. The best person to compete with or against is certainly
oneself. This is because the person that needs to be best to make it, is really you.
Others are factors that inspire us to do more but is only by improving self
that one can actually become the best
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