DISCOVER YOUR TALENT

What is a talent?

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ccording to the Oxford Learners Dictionary, ‘TALENT IS A NATURAL ABILITY TO DO SOMETHING WELL’ we can also say that talent is an inborn endowment that is peculiar to a particular person.

Through this explanation, we are able to understand the fact that talent is an ability and it is peculiar to a person; this means, there is nobody born without a talent because everyone is born with a purpose and with the ability to do something better than others. Therefore there should be nothing like, “I HAVE NO TALENT’’, the question is, ‘HAVE YOU TRIED TO DISCOVER YOUR TALENT?’

This is a question most of us can’t answer, we find it easy to say I have no talent because we are too lazy to discover it. I know we won’t believe this, but the truth is that, talent is best discovered when you are IDLE. Yes! Idle. The amazing thing is that you don’t force a talent out of yourself, because it comes very easy.

Many of us are too engrossed with our work, family, academics, and the likes that we don’t even have the time to meditate. Like I said earlier talent is best discovered when idle, reason being that, this is the time you want to engage in anything to keep yourself busy. Alas! That where am going, during that period you find yourself doing something, anything at all. For some people, they go out to play football, for some, to swim, etc. we discover that we do these things for fun but we don’t know we are building up a great talent, after a while, these activities become part of us and we get better day after day. This is one of the ways of discovering a talent.

Also, we can discover our talent by meditating. Doesn’t it sound easier than you thought? Yes! When some people are tensed or angry or even bored they love to go to an open place, or a quiet room. When you are bored, sometimes it doesn’t necessarily mean you need a friend around, you might just want to receive fresh air, that period you are out, you give your brain the opportunity to relax, while looking around, something might interest you. For instance,“E WA RA AKARA GBONA OO”; that’s an eleven year old girl hawking on the street is what comes to mind, WOW! What a beautiful garden or animal, WHERE IS THIS NOISE COMING FROM; it might be the noise of a woman shouting and assaulting her maid, from there you might have this strong will to write a poem about that beautiful garden or an article on child trafficking or a song.

These are things we wouldn’t have noticed on a normal day because of our busy schedule, there are many talents in humans waiting to be explored, there are people with 5 talents or more, this isn’t magic or that they are specially talented, No!, they have simply spent wise use of their time while you were busy playing video games and watching movies, remember an illustration in the Holy Bible about the 3 men that were given talents, 2 out of the 3 multiplied their talent while the other man hid his talent, through this story we can see that it is very possible to have more than a talent and it is also possible to add to your original talent depending on how dedicated you are. The actors you see today are people who discovered there talent early enough in life and by age 25, they are already superstars. Likewise the footballers, isn’t it obvious that those who play for under 17, discovered their talent very early enough. Also, you are never too old to go after your dreams, as long as you are still living. This is to let you know that age is not a barrier to start discovering your talent(s). ‘THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES START WITH A STEP’.

 

  Also, nothing is so irrelevant to be a talent, there are thousands of talents out there; singing, writing, dancing, photography, acting, motivational speaking, football, sewing and lots more, don’t be surprised cooking is also a talent, YEAH! WHY NOT? There are people who earn a living by cooking for people, there are professional cooks, chefs, everywhere, this is because they have a natural ability to cook better than others, haven’t you even seen people who derive joy in cooking for others???? THAT’S IT! You can create professionalism out of nothing. DISCOVET YOUR TALENT TODAY AND MAKE THE SKY YOUR STEPPING STONE.

 

BY: SOTUNDE TAIWO