Given Talent, Luck or Diligence?

Hi, I’m an ordinary 20-year-old college student. For the past nineteen years of my life, I went through many things that actually made me who I am today.

Growing up in an Asian family, I’m often taught to do my best in every single thing to make my parents proud. I often compare the awards and the trophies I got with others, which makes me become super competitive and would not allow any failure in my life.

So a question has been confusing me: does “given talent” and luck actually exist in this world? Or similar to the plot in drama, someone could break their destiny if they are diligent enough?

Well, what I could actually say is that given talent and luck really do exist. And I’m going to admit that I’m am the one who is always forgotten by Lady Luck… I spent my life being diligent, preparing for everything I could beforehand, but the results always disappoint me.

For all the time, I could not figure out why is this always happening to me. Why am I the abandoned one by Lady Luck? However, everything started to change when I found out my interest in commentating and broadcasting. At first, I really do not want to face the fact that I’m not suitable in the scientific industry since the mindset of being a doctor, a scientist, or a pharmacist has a more lofty status has been engraved in my mind. I was shy to put down my dignity to study with art students.

When I really do transfer to study arts at my university, I find that everything is easier for me. I stop blaming on myself for having less luck than others. I could tell that it is not diligence that matters. Diligence is only a tiny feature that brought us to success. I still need to be hardworking to work on my college midterms, assignments, and research papers; diligence matters to us ourselves, and we are the ones to choose whether to be diligent or not. Instead, it is the suitability of the course or the task that you select. I’m being too harsh to myself all the time, knowing the things I’m doing are not suitable for me, but I still insist on doing it. At this point in time, it’s not about perseverance, it’s my stubbornness to let something off my shoulder.

Believe or not, all of us have our own given talent, and it might not be the same talent with the people surround us. It depends on ourselves to discover the proper area where we want to glow.

Be responsible to yourself; know what is good for you and stop struggling at the same position. By then, you might find that you could do better even without the need of luck.