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If you have a talent, skill, desire or ability to do something that gives you a feeling of worth or happiness, develop that dream. Make it belong to you like you own it. Mold it the way you want it to be molded. Perfect it to nourish it like you feed your body to keep it healthy. Love it, protect it, carry it everywhere you go. Don't give it up, don't loose it, and most of all don't allow anyone else to take it away from you.

If playing the flute is your desire, the seed is already planted in your heart and spirit. Maybe you don't even know the first thing about playing a flute, or even how to read music, but the seed is the soil of your soul. It is up to you to nurture it to its fullest potential. It is up to you to learn how to read the music and practice the notes. The first attempts will be like a baby taking its first baby steps. Clumsy, wobbly, falling down, getting back up, holding onto things, getting frustrated, but never giving up.

Never allow others to discourage you. Let them make fun of you when you hit a sour note, but don't stop. Make your dream as much a part of yourself as your daily habits of eating, sleeping and changing your clothes. A fine musician never leaves home without his/her instrument. Going to the store to get a pop, or going to work are times set aside from this. But, to leave town without their instrament would be like leaving without getting dressed.

A writer always has access to a pen and paper. A napkin, toilet paper, or a paper bag will work if nothing else is available. A writer is never far from a pen or pencil. It is their flower of desire to write. They must watch over it like a parent over a child. It comes naturally and lovingly. A child can be left with a sitter, but it still belongs to the parent. That is how a writer is with his/her talent.

Mike Peters, the Pulitzer Prize Cartoonist, once said in an interview, ""My teachers had told me I'd never amount to anything in life, because I wasted all my time doodling in school." He went on to say, "I doodled my way to becoming rich and famous." Sometimes the very people who are expected to realize and encourage your abilities, talents, and skills, do not always have the insight to know what you are feeling, or what you want in life. You are the only one who can make that decision.

Society often makes up set rules that fit the average population, such as in academic testing. These rules should be only "guidelines," not the final say in everything. Everyone is unique

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