MAY LOVE BE THE LAST SONG THAT YOU SING

 



“Everybody is talented;

\because, everybody who is human

has something to express.”

Brenda Ueland

 

The quote above makes me reflect… “Everybody who is human has something to express.” Hence, it says, “Everybody is talented.”

Now, is that really true?

To think, that God hasn’t created any human without this incessant desire to ‘express is what ‘belief’ is all about…

Yes, there is something special preloaded when God sends us into the world. He knows about it; but, very often, we don’t. And, to me, waking up to our special gifts preloaded by God – is our enlightenment…

I did not know, that my special gift from God was to teach and write. But, I remember how restless I was to express myself in some form or the other. When I was a little boy, I found great joy in drawing and colouring… I remember spending hours trying to express something through this medium. But, soon, it died down… Sports, dancing, singing, acting – I never came anywhere close to these forms of expression. But, there was this incessant restlessness to tell my stories, to feel good about myself by doing that… and, in my F.Y. B. Com, when I saw my idol, Prof. B.S. Raman, I woke up to the gift wrapped and hidden inside me by God… I wanted to teach, write – and express myself… tell my stories through this medium… Feel good about myself, feel worthwhile…

So, if that’s true to me, I think, it’s true to every human on this earth, too. This means, God doesn’t send any of us to this earth without some talents – some gifts – already preloaded inside us…

To wake up to them… Yes, as I said, is enlightenment, to me…

Everything I have been doing is woven around this discovery…

Ever since I discovered my own gifts, I have been telling this to every young soul: “Know thy talents… and know it early in life.”

Imagine an entire life spent without knowing what God has preloaded in us! Yes, it’s like walking over acres of diamonds, all our lives, without the slightest clue about it!

Once we find our talents, all that we need to do is to hone those talents into fine skills. When our talents are polished into fine skills (as in my case, teaching and writing) - we ‘express’… we feel good about ourselves… we feel worthwhile…

Still doubting?

Well, Rose Kennedy asks:

“Birds sing after a storm… Why shouldn’t we?”




GERALD D’CUNHA

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