Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Como aguja en un pajar

Do you ever feel like you have nothing to offer? Like everyone around you has a place and fits in it, and you don't? Like the majority of the people around you understand where they're going and what they're doing, and you have no idea? But generally no one says this except to their closest friends, because appearing lost and confused is not appropriate in our social circles. This feels especially clear to me sometimes because my brother, and a good many of my friends, are very good at obvious things, such as sports or music or drama. I have no great talent in any "showy" categories. Sometimes I feel as though I have no real talents at all, but then I remember that just because they're hidden, because you can't get up on stage at a talent night and do something, doesn't mean that you don't have talents. And sometimes that is comforting. Other times, I realize it, but it is still frustrating. There are still days I wish I were someone else. There are other days I would not trade my life for anyone's. We are all original. And everyone has talents. Though some days it would be nice to be able to show them.

And now for something completely irrelevant: People should not name their children other people's last names, no matter how much you like the person. Children should have names, not two surnames and no first name. Please, try to be original some other way. No one is ever going to know if their first name is their last name or their first name.

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