Those with no talent are the ones
who feel the need to display it the most.
Success has become overly glorified;
too often people become obsessed with reputation and the ribbons on the wall. I
know that we all know this shouldn’t be, but I hear it every weekend and see it
online every week. We are star struck as a culture, we value things that sound
important and are impressed by shameless bragging.
I think there is something to say for those
people who can get up again and again, and not care who watches them triumph.
They couldn't care less about the compliments and views because it
doesn't matter who is watching, how many, and what they are saying. They don’t
care who sees them falter; the educational experience of an NQ is just as
valuable as a winning run. They get up for themselves; they push because they
need to experiment, not because they want to look good. The quest, while filled
with glory and titles and ribbons and medals, is strictly internal. It isn't
the recognition or acknowledgement that makes it all worthwhile. Its the sheer
joy of knowing you have done what you set out to do, knowing that you haven't
"made it" anywhere...each achievement is simply one accomplished goal
in a never ending journey, of not perfection, but of knowledge. Not of
knowing it all, but learning everything you don't know.
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