Lucky is the one who knew his gift early. Happier still is the one who accepted it.
More often, a man is sure he was shortchanged when gifts were handed out.
And when life points him to his treasure, he shrugs again:
“Just luck.”
“Nothing special.”
“I didn’t even sweat.”
“Well, compared to my friend…”
He feels awkward when others shake his hand: “You have real talent.”
Want to make him laugh out loud? Describe his future like this: “People gladly pay you for what you would happily do for free.”
What dark genius convinced us that suffering is the main path? As if what is real must be paid for in sweat, blood, and tears.
It’s hard to invent a more dangerous lie.
Imagine a dog taught that barking is foolish, and honor means singing like a nightingale. What kind of world is that—where every creature is thrown off like this? In the human world, sadly, it’s normal.
Why?
A child is cursed if he was not blessed to be himself. From this come emptiness, doubt, and the urge to idolize others.
What can heal him is the constituting gaze of another—under it, a person remembers the truth: “I exist. I am wanted. I am needed. I am as I am.”
Only one who was once seen this way can offer that gaze to others.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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