Monday, October 05, 2009

Talent - time

Last month or so, when I was back in KL, my sister and I was watching TV. There were some beauty pageants singing, dancing, acting, drawing, giving their all, trying to impress a panel of judges with their so called 'talent'. My sister casually asked me,

"Does everyone have a talent?"

I didn't quite gave it a moment of thought and answered almost immediately,

"Yes, I believe everyone is talented in some way."

Then she turned and looked at me, this time a little bit more serious,

"Do you know what is YOUR talent?"

I was dumbfounded for a while...

"Well, I suppose...." Then I drifted into my own thoughts trying to pry the insides of my brain for any talent cells...or none at all.

She proceeded to break my silence and asked,

"What about me? Do you think I have a talent? Do you know what MY talent is?"

She sounded hopeful, wishing I had a certain answer to confirm this very important question of hers.

I don't think I did have an answer for her at the end. Ever since we had that conversation, we're still trying to figure out our talents. Its probably easier to identify a talent when its as obvious as drawing, dancing, singing, cooking, sewing or something along those lines. But what if you are Jack / Jill of all trades and a master of none? Does that mean you have no talent? What defines talent?

So, while I'm still trying to figure out mine, do you know YOURS yet?

Tell me about it...

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