Everyday Life
Can I still grow if I feel ordinary and untalented?
English translation draft · Based on the Chinese article. This is not a word-for-word translation approved by Master Shengyuan.
Yes. Feeling ordinary or untalented now does not mean you cannot grow later. I did not have especially good resources. I was not smarter than everyone else from childhood, nor did I have strong mediumistic abilities. Finances, marriage, raising children, and relationships with my parents all brought confusion and worry. Taking up spiritual practice later did not erase those difficulties as though they had never happened.
In my twenties, I also had ambitions and felt I should be able to accomplish something. Yet my performance at work and in business was no better than other people's, and my confidence took repeated blows. Approaching thirty, I was still asking what strengths I had and where my future lay. So I understand the feeling of being very ordinary and not knowing what else you can do.
Only after finding my direction as a teacher and believing through my faith that there was a path for me did I gradually regain confidence. That path still requires effort and has its trials. I am not perfect even now. I am still learning and adjusting. Ordinary people can change step by step. You do not need to be better than everyone at everything before being willing to begin.