My middle land

-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”.