Gift
Bob Knowlen
Critical Reading and Writing
Professor Yu
7 November 2013
A few people in this world are blessed with amazing gifts and talents. Having these extraordinary talents makes others realize how special that person truly is because of how much talent they have and how well they execute that talent. For example, a professional athlete is a person who uses their gift as a talent. Lebron James is one of the most gifted and talented athletes on the planet because of his size, speed, and agility. He is known as the best basketball player in the world because he works harder and harder everyday to be the best he can be and overall is gifted at the sport of basketball. Others have a gift of telling whether a person is hurting not in the physical way but in an emotional way. They have the ability of making people feel better and really understanding the problems they might have going on in their life. Thats a very important gift to have. So is a gift a talent or a purpose? Having a talent means that you're using your gift to your own advantage. However, using a gift for a purpose can be beneficial to others. There is no actual time when one finds out if they have a talent or purpose. Throughout the years of a persons life, answering that question gets easier because one starts to get an idea of how they want to use their gift, if they want to use their gift to their own advantage or use their gift for a purpose by helping others. A good example of a person who uses their gifts for a purpose is usually a teacher. Teachers acquire many gifts, the gift of public speaking and the gift of knowledge. Both of these gifts are very important because for teachers to pass down the knowledge they know to students like me, they have to be good at speaking and know how to communicate with students. They are using their gifts for a purpose, to help students learn and become successful in life. It’s tough for me to say whether I have a talent or a purpose. If I
Critical Reading and Writing
Professor Yu
7 November 2013
A few people in this world are blessed with amazing gifts and talents. Having these extraordinary talents makes others realize how special that person truly is because of how much talent they have and how well they execute that talent. For example, a professional athlete is a person who uses their gift as a talent. Lebron James is one of the most gifted and talented athletes on the planet because of his size, speed, and agility. He is known as the best basketball player in the world because he works harder and harder everyday to be the best he can be and overall is gifted at the sport of basketball. Others have a gift of telling whether a person is hurting not in the physical way but in an emotional way. They have the ability of making people feel better and really understanding the problems they might have going on in their life. Thats a very important gift to have. So is a gift a talent or a purpose? Having a talent means that you're using your gift to your own advantage. However, using a gift for a purpose can be beneficial to others. There is no actual time when one finds out if they have a talent or purpose. Throughout the years of a persons life, answering that question gets easier because one starts to get an idea of how they want to use their gift, if they want to use their gift to their own advantage or use their gift for a purpose by helping others. A good example of a person who uses their gifts for a purpose is usually a teacher. Teachers acquire many gifts, the gift of public speaking and the gift of knowledge. Both of these gifts are very important because for teachers to pass down the knowledge they know to students like me, they have to be good at speaking and know how to communicate with students. They are using their gifts for a purpose, to help students learn and become successful in life. It’s tough for me to say whether I have a talent or a purpose. If I