-I never had a talent.
I remember when I was at school
my name was noted down somewhere in the middle of our alphabetically arranged
class books. So I guess this is where my “middle” story began. I was a good
student- don’t get me wrong. However, I was not the best in any subject and
moreover I actually didn’t have a favourite one. I was not the Math genius or
the History legend or the Sport star of my class. I was simply the girl who
studied hard and got good grades. I was always prepared as my teachers and
parents expected from me and this was just enough.
Later in high school I set for
myself very high goals and I managed to fulfill them-but I was not an
overachiever in any way. Mostly I was doing the things but never like “killing”
them. When I started the University I have already accepted my middle life role
and kind of pretty much stuck to it. And it worked for me once more- I
graduated – somewhere in between the excellent students and the good ones. I
found a job fast and my life proceeded as normal.
But now and then I say to myself:
“Maybe it is because I actually never had a talent that I am having a simple
life”.
Today, however, I read a quote that got
me thinking again.
Perhaps I do possess something
not as rare and special as a certain talent-but big enough so even the talented
would envy – the courage to keep moving ahead even if “the path leads to a
darker place”.
