Not all gifts involve making beautiful music, capturing the feelings of a moment with a paintbrush, or competing at the highest level of a sport.
Curiosity is a gift
Dedication is a gift
Perseverance is a gift
Empathy and genuine concern for others are also gifts.
Not every person will become famous for honing his or her gift to its highest potential. But each of us can improve the world that we share when we apply the gift that we are given.
If every child born could be told, taught, and treated according to this timeless truth by the adults caring for her or him from the time they are born until the time they are “on their own” as a fully functioning adult themselves, what a beautiful world this would be!!!!