being gifted

18.07.2026

S: There’s an article in the New Scientist this week about being gifted as a child.

A: Here we go again. You’re going to tell me that you were gifted as a child.

S: Yes. I am naturally intelligent. I don’t have to work so hard. The teachers at school told me that I was gifted as a poet and a writer, at everything.

A: And what did this article talk about?

S: It talked about the experiences of gifted children as they grow up. It said that they were happy and that they achieved.

A: And yourself?

S: I had to work hard to get an ounce of happiness. No one wanted to give it to me. Because I was young, gifted and Asian. The fact that I was Asian is what counted against me.

A: But achievement?

S: Have you written a book? Do you have articles in top journals? Even at work, I have been promoted a few times. Not to mention having been a commissioned artist and a photographer that has been featured in magazines.

A: You are not famous though.

S: Fame is a different thing from achievement. Just look at how many degrees I have as well as a doctorate. The achievement and its evidence is there. I don’t even need to talk about the things I have achieved in my career. I have done a lot.

A: So you were gifted then and you didn’t burn out and you are gifted now.

S: Supremely gifted. By the grace of the Mother goddess.

A: Don’t become complacent. It ruins creativity.

S: I will keep on striving and growing and going. I have promised The Mother.