Skip to main content

Hardwork or Talent?

What counts more-- hard work or talent?
In the spirit world, God made us different. He gave us different abilities, talents, and character for us to do our own role that can distinguish us from one another. These God-given features in our premortal life were being washed out when we entered the veil of forgetfulness. So, we came here in our mortal life naked and innocent. But God designs this code of life which scientists called DNA or deoxyribonucleic acid, this is a molecule carrying genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth, and reproduction of all known organisms. DNA is a God’s molecule that connects us from our premortal life, we cannot remember who we are before, but it is already in our DNA who we can become here on earth.

None of us is left behind, all of us have given equal opportunity and capabilities for us to live here on earth. God designed us different from each other and the evidence is our DNA, this is for us to function well filling each other’s imperfection. Behind this reality, God also gave us freedom, freedom to choose what we do in life, and how we use our strength and talents to function here on earth. Since we have this agency, it is up to us now on how we can work on developing our talents and other skills.

There’s this very popular musician that suffers autism, he struggles a lot in speaking and cannot control some of his body movements, but he sings and plays the piano very well. A lot of people were amazed and inspired because of his talent. This musician suffers a lot from the judgment of people, that because of his case they cannot see his capabilities. But through his hard work and perseverance, he was able to develop his talent in singing. There are a lot of people who are given a wonderful singing voice, but they fail in the singing industry because they lack hard work and dedication to what they are doing.

Talents are already given, so, it is now our responsibility to nurture it. Nurturing our talents are really hard, we cannot develop it in just one sitting. It takes time, take a look for JK Rowling's success, she has a talent in writing but his work Harry Potter was rejected many times, but she never gives up on developing her talent in writing, she did revisions many times in her works and finally her work published and became one of the most popular stories in the world.

It is not just the talent that counts, what counts more is your hard work. If you are hardworking, people can distinguish your talent. So, never give up! And work hard to develop your God-given talents.




Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Repentance through Christ : Isaiah 53

               I have experienced spiritual anguish, this is because of procrastinating the will of the Lord through mundane activities. By reading the talk of President Ezra Taft Benson this line really pricked my heart “Give me a young man who has kept himself morally clean and has faithfully attended his Church meetings.” Regret and guilt are inside me, if only I focused on the things that would benefit my soul and that would make my Father in Heaven happy, If only I pay attention to the whisperings of the Holy Spirit, if only I tried my very best to keep the commandments that the church has taught me maybe now I am already halfway of my mission. I can still remember how our branch president gave me probationary, I felt like I am just a shadow at the corner I cannot participate in the sacrament. I cannot change his decision, I need to face the consequences of my actions, I need to undergo the process of repentance, this way I will have a c...

GROWTH MINDSET

What is one step you can take to develop a growth mindset? The human mind is dynamic, sometimes we change our decisions and plans abruptly due to the influence of our surroundings and how strong are we to protect our own thoughts. It’s not bad if it’s for us to grow but most of the time we embrace wrong decisions in our lives that can cause us heartbreaks. This is commonly happening for the youth nowadays, my generation. Because our hearts and minds are fragile, young, and easily persuaded. Once that we are broken, it can be a loss of soul.  Just a few of the youth nowadays who can understand pains as a challenge for growth because the happenings in the world itself are too much for them to carry. In a world full of negative vibrations there is hope. All you need to do is to find it and have it within you. Having hope is the key to a growth mindset. But where to find it? Where to get it? And who can help?   For some people learning is easy because they have a gro...

Super Teacher

Everyone can teach, everyone is being called to teach but then just a few of us are chosen. What are your qualities then or mark as a teacher or formally future teacher for you to say that you are the chosen one for the job? What can you contribute to the teaching industry to help the students pursue their study? Or what can you sow in this industry so that people has something to reap? To be a teacher is somewhat indurated because this is next to parenthood which is very crucial responsibility wherein you are going to raise not just one but many. As a student in almost thirteen years, I observed that there is a two kind of a teacher; the teacher who loves their designated subjects to teach and a teacher who loves her/his students. Let’s talk about the two, the first mentioned loves a perfect class a perfect student, he/she likes that everyone of the class must understand the topics given by him/her and if they don’t they are being scolded physically, being embarrassed a...