The Setback of Talent

Everyone has their own talent in one way or another. Some may prove more useful than others through the course of life though. There is however one problem that affects many people who has very useful talents. They begin to turn lazy because of having these gifts.

Not all of them are like that but many end up being so. The reason is very simple actually. For the early part of our lives things were easy and people with talent can just breeze through with minimal to zero effort. What happens however is this makes them cocky. It creates a belief that everything is just a walk in the park with their special gift.

Only as things get harder, they realize how wrong they are. Many however have already fall too deep into this illusion that they created themselves with them being special and unwilling to put in so much effort. Life will give you one tight slap in the face to wake you up. You might be pushed way back from your original path but it's never too late to change and walk again. Sure, there are regrets for not understanding the limits of your own talent but to move forward is more important.

So if you have talent, don't be cocky and put in the effort to use it well. Don't slack and waste the talent given.  Don't turn back and regret for thinking talent without effort could bring you anywhere.

Talent may make people lazy

Human

The current society is human orientated. What we tend to focus on is the life revolving around human civilization. We have deviated from the original source of life, the mother earth. We are always distracted from it with everything in our lives revolving around what humans have created.

How often do you step away from the built up civilization and back into Mother Nature? People today bring along their cellphones even when they go camping in the jungle. We have grown so dependent on our connection to the society that we no longer take our time to connect with the nature.

Not noticing isn’t the biggest problem here, the bigger problem is that we notice it but we don’t care. We choose to live according to what the society is pushing us to. We choose to follow where we’ve been pointed to because it has done us no harm. It’s not wrong to do so however, it’s just amusing how we’ve actually come to be so.

Birthday

Birthday is just a date to commemorate the passing of yet another year of your life. At a young age it marks the growth of one into the adulthood but when you reach twenties does it really matter so much anymore? Maybe not, so what is so special about the day? The special thing about it is, it is a day you can call your own.

I believe everyone wants to be acknowledged, wants to be cared and loved by people. Everyone wants to be special and on your own day you would like to feel special as well. This is where birthday celebrations come into play. Where people show that they care about you and you can enjoy being surrounded by them.

Few days before my birthday, my secondary school buddies did a 3 people joined celebration. I would like to say thank you to all of them. They are one of those who have gone through a lot with me and I can’t imagine if even they don’t care.

On my birthday itself, my university course mates came down to SS2 from KL to celebrate my birthday. I may not seem so and I may not have said it but I’m really happy you all did so. You all are real buddies through these few years in our university years. I’m really thankful for you all especially the drivers who didn’t mind driving all the way down.

That night itself my heng dai in Canada messaged me to wish me. Makes me think back how much we’ve been through together. We had our arguments and disagreements but we remain as bros through everythings.

The Saturday after my birthday passed, my girlfriend planned a surprise celebration for me with help from my “little sister”. Even though there were many fail moments of me bumping into people and table arrangement matter all and it became quite obvious but I’m really glad so many people came for me and the effort my girlfriend and “sister” put in. What everyone may not know is I was holding back my tears. They were lodging at my eyes, just that I didn’t let it flow out.

Then to everyone who wished my whether by sms, facebook, whatsapp or face to face, I might not know how to react to it but it gives me positivity and I thank you for that.

Last but not least, my family. My grandmother, aunty and parents who gave me angpow to let me spend and enjoy I really thank you all. I know we may not express it so openly but I know we all love each other. I know I never say it but I’m really glad I have such a great family and I love you all.

Care, something we all need.

Promises

Promises are made to be kept, not broken. The problem is however many people end up breaking their promises. The key point here is that most of them break their promises not because they want to, but the circumstances have changed compared to the time when they made their promises. Is it their fault to break their promises then?

In the first place, when we make a promise we should consider the fact that things always change through time. Even though the circumstances have changed and you find it hard to keep the promises that you've made, maybe there are still reasons to keep your promises. Think back why did you make that promise in the first place. Does that reason still exist? If yes, why not keep it?

Looking back at the times where people promised me things and I told them that things might change is quite funny. Most of them insisted that they will keep their words even though I told them they might not be able to. Then the time where they break their promises due to the different conditions came.

Now, personally I do not believe in non-circumstantial promises anymore because most people don't think too far when they make a promise. However, that doesn't mean I can break my promises just because others do. So for everyone who have principle in keeping their promises, try your best to keep the promises. It doesn't have to be fulfilled the same way that it has been before but we can always think of a more suitable way to fulfil the promise.

Climb up where you fell

When a journey ends, another begins. However, my journey has not ended when I stepped down as a president. I thought that I would just start anew after I step down as a president but I changed my decision. I am the Immediate Past President now and I will step back up using that name, bearing my past.

Many things happened throughout the time where I was a president and for most of it I was always thinking of giving up and broke down countless times along the way. Call me weak if you want but at least I’m true to what I feel :). All that I’ve been through changed my thinking and behavior a lot and I continue to change myself now.

I realized a lot of things through the bad times. Does that make the bad times not that bad after all? Well, it doesn’t really matter now I feel but what matters is how to make the future better. I will climb back up where I fell and I will climb up higher than ever :)

Honest & Truthful

Honesty and truthfulness are among the many virtues of mankind. Upholding these virtues is supposed to do ourselves and other people good. But is it still the case in the society today. Can we really succeed while upholding these virtues? I will not state my answer first.

Being honest and truthful doesn’t mean you will earn other people’s trust and respect. People will still doubt you because it’s too hard to really trust people in the twisted society today. Also, being truthful may end up with some sensitive people who couldn’t accept others’ comment being offended and turn against you and also might end up with you admitting to a negative characteristic that almost everyone has but others just don’t admit it. People will just see it as you have that problem and people won’t see it in a way that most people are actually the same.

Another problem that arises is that many times the truth that you admit to very often ends up spreading to other people with extra seasoning with the truth. People very often twist words and spice up stories when sharing a secondhand story with others. The little truth that started with a little bit of negativity ends up going everywhere with enhanced negativity. It can be solved by hiding the truth or twisting the truth in the first place but that defies honesty and truthfulness so is it really worth it to uphold it?

My answer is that I don’t know if it’ll bring negativity or positivity in the end but what I know is that if it’s a principle that I have then I have to uphold it. No matter how much trouble it brings me, I will not let go of the principle of upholding these two virtues. I’m not saying that I never lie and I don’t hide anything from people but I at least try not to.

We all lie, but how much?

Failure

There comes a point of time where you’d look back into your past trying to find out what you have achieved. Then many will realize there’s really nothing significant to actually look back upon. Then you question yourself, “What have I been doing all my life?” and that’s when I, yes I’m talking about me, realize that I’ve been failing in most things I’ve done.

To fail in doing things wouldn’t make you a failure, but what if you’ve lost even the drive to actually do better? What if aiming for your dream doesn’t motivate you? When you’ve stopped moving towards your dreams, that’s what makes you a failure. That’s what I am right now but not what I could remain to be.

If you keep failing and losing and you think you’ve reached the bottom and that there’s nothing more to lose I’ll tell you you’re wrong. You have yourself to lose and that’s the one thing you can’t lose. As long as you don’t lose that, there’s a chance for a rebound. There’s a chance to climb back up higher than anyone else could. That’s what I need to prove. Even a failure can make it.

Failures can become successful