A Spark by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe from The Vision, chapter 36
“Having skill and talent you cannot use to the fullest is painful; it's like a slow death.”
by Innocent Mwatsikesimbe — from The Vision, chapter 36
The walk-through
We pick up skills in order to spend them. Using what you have is where fulfillment comes from, and a sense of purpose with it — so being blocked from using it is an injury, not a mild disappointment. Innocent’s word for that state is painful, and his image for it is “a slow death”.
The damage is specific. Ability that cannot be used weakens you and pulls you down, “taking away the sense of purpose that keeps you sane and hopeful to live another day”. What goes missing is not achievement. It is the reason to get up.
Which is why he treats the situation as something to leave rather than endure. When circumstances clip your wings, the work is to find a way out — somewhere your skill and talent can be used to the fullest, wings spread, flying high.
AI-composed from Innocent's text, reviewed and refined by Innocent.
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