1) Everyone has a right to things they are good at.
2) Everyone has a right to things they are bad at.
That means that every person has a right to try things until they find things they are good at, that they have a right to spend time on those things they are good at, that they have a right to be recognized for being good at the things they are good at, to be appreciated for the things they are good at.That means that every person has the right to try things even at the risk of being bad at them, that they have a right to not be great at everything, that they don't have to work until they get good at everything, meaning they can stay bad at some things, that they have a right to not be picked on for the things they are bad at, to be forgiven for things they are bad at and left to be bad at them.
Everybody is good at some things.
Nobody is great at everything.
Some people are luckier than others in the number of things they are good at, but people who are unlucky in the number of things they are good in should be allowed just as much pride and satisfaction in the things they are good in as anyone else. Everyone has worth.
Everyone has to take up some slack for the things others aren't good at if they are good at those things. Without resenting it. That is how we are there for each other and make it okay for each of us to be what each of us is.
And we should appreciate the things other people are good at and do to help us out. That is how we celebrate each other.
4 comments:
Along with rights come responsibilities. If you have a talent, you have a responsibility to develop and share it with others.
like - a guy who was an awesome woodworker - he should get busy making tables for his family's new house - you know. to develop the talent to a new product and share it with his family and their dining guests - owl hardwood on your way home???
and actually, no, having a talent does not obligate you to do anything with it. if you have many talents, you should have the right to focus on only one of them or one at a time. or none of them. if you don't enjoy the things you have talents in, you have no responsibility to suffer for them. what if the thing that you find the most joy is is something you are only good enough at and not particularly talented at?
I disagree. If you have a talent nobody can force you to utilize it but you ought to feel that you have something to offer to others and you ought to do so. You shouldn't be so selfish to only think about what makes you happy. Think of others now and then and ask "How can I help others? How can my talents be put to the good of others?" If everyone only looked at things from the "what's in it for me" perspective, we'd have a pretty sad world. I'm glad that there are lots of people who don't.
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