Your Talent and You

It came with me from above
The creator designed it for my comfort
I may be one of the best that can make use of it
As I grow older and older I gradually notice it
But I might not understand it
I might just believe it’s a fun
Others take note of it in me and tell me about it
Others appreciate me and recommend me, whenever I do it.
If I practice it full-time, I would definitely be fulfilled.
Because it cost me no stress, or pain to do,
It just comes itself and perfects itself, but through just me.
If I do it often to create originality.
It will contribute greatly to the modernization and development of the economy.
It’s this same thing the developed countries have continued to use to pave way for their modernization and development
Most Nigerians and Africans know they possess this thing, and if they make a programme to face that wrong situation that confronts us, then our desired future is ours.
Many youths neglect this thing, and chase after the ones which they don’t possess,
Which certainly will lead them to an unfulfilled life.

At this point of the reading you will be filled with questions about what I’m trying to illustrate;
Everybody possesses at least one talent or gift, this was deposited by the creator.
This is why some people tend to be better than others when it comes to creativity and originality. Some are born to be artists; so whenever they lay their hands on any work of art, they tend to always meet success. Some may also be born as writers such that as soon as you pick one of their write-ups to read, you enjoy it so much that you just wish it will never end. Some people are very excellent when it comes to business. These people hardly run at a loss. Many others have written their names on the indelible rock of time as successful athletes—the likes of Nwankwo Kanu, Samuel Peters, Usain Bolt, and a host of others.
The world today has produced several other great people who through proper discovery and development of their talents have employed inventive motive to their talents to change that which they don’t want. Among such people are Micheal Faraday, the discoverer of electricity; Thomas Edison, the inventor of the incandescent bulb; Robert Hook, the discoverer of cells in 1665; Albert Einstein, discoverer of the law of relativity; Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft; an African, Ghana’s Mr. Kwachi, who discovered and studied kwashiorkor. Our very own Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian who has greatly blessed the world with his talent of writing, by epitomizing creativity and originality, winning the noble laureate. Emeka Emeaguali, a Nigerian, is described by the Time Magazine as the unsung hero of the internet.
All these great people noticed the presence of talents and wonderful gifts in them, embraced and effectively utilized these gifts. This has subsequently brought the world to their finger tips.
If every Nigerian and African youth today can study their talents and develop them, definitely, there would be an end to poverty and underdevelopment in Nigeria and Africa at large. Everybody has talents that can contribute greatly to the improvements of our continent if they are discovered, well maintained and focused. The neglect of these talents has contributed greatly to our dilapidated life as Africans. We are the youths, the leaders of tomorrow, of our nation, and the world. Whether we like it or not, one day, we shall in one way or the other be on the seats of our parents, directing the affairs of the world. Are we going to continue to ride in the boats of poverty, underdevelopment and ‘unmodernisation’? NOW is the time we must search ourselves for our talents and gifts which we will use to change situations that we can no longer condone. As youths, we must start believing in ourselves and in what we can do, because it’s what we can do that will prove who we truly are.
Why delay? Stand up to your responsibility as leaders of tomorrow and strike no compromise; as the future belongs to those who have visions; and the fulfillment of their visions lies in the utilization of their talents and gifts to produce creativity and originality to yield self fulfillment and development in our society.

Meet you at the top.
…. EFOSA….