A fawn is born knowing naturally how to walk. The second it sets foot out of the womb it stands up and begins to walk.

The human does not begin its life knowing how to walk. It has to learn just to crawl, and finally to walk. It takes months. But this is because the human has a greater capacity for learning than the fawn. It exchanges the natural ability to walk for the ability to learn new things. It is more flexible. Even though the fawn starts out far ahead, the human crushes it in the end. A blessing in disguise.

Perhaps I am the same. It's possible. Some professionals claim to have seen the same effect, that the naturally talented ones tend to not improve much whereas those who had to work at it eventually surpass them and keep surpassing them. It may take years, it make take more trial and error and failure and frustration, but perhaps I can get there in the end. Maybe it's not so linear. In the meantime I'll have to learn from the others what I can, and try to go from there. It's angering having so much more trouble at first, but maybe it could be an advantage in the long term.

I don't know if this is the case. It's just as possible that I simply suck. But it's worth a shot at least.