Thomas Edison said that “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.” Malcolm Gladwell claims that it takes 10,000 hours of practice to gain true mastery of a skill. Creative genius is great, but it rarely turns into anything notable without a whole lot of hard work.
What do you care enough to work hard at, even though you don’t get paid to do it?
My special talents that I am enthusiastic about are art and music. I use these to support these two elements of our UU fellowship that I attend so that both can be represented and available for our members, friends, and visitors. We are not the usual environment that represents devotion to a special set of beliefs or honor a revealed faith so there is a lot of latitude in what we present. A favorite display that we had was suggested by Laura and it was t-shirts of members on loan that carried some bold and brave statements!