Lifelong Learning

Once, there was this kid. He was young, naive, innocent and sincere. Just like any other ordinary kids, this boy had a dream - he wanted to be a singer. Not just an ordinary singer, but he wanted to be the best singer in the country, acknowledged by the whole-wide world.

He tried his best to polish the skills he thought he had. Gradually, he became better and his talents were finally recognized. He spent his entire high school life by entering singing competitions. One day, after graduating high school, he got lucky and received a scholarship from the best Singing Academy in town.

Sure, he was excited. A step closer to his dream, he thought.

The moment when he stepped in, he was shocked. Little did he prepare himself to encounter thousands of other people who had the same dream as him - some with even higher potential.

Throughout his life, he has had people telling him that he was the best. He has had people telling him that he definitely would achieve his dream. He has had people admiring his talents - he even had fans!

Who would have thought that the same thing happened to the other students as well.

He grew up with the thought that he was talented enough to be acknowledged by the whole world. But then, as he faced the new environment in the academy, he realized that no matter how hard he tried, there would always be someone that's better than him. However, he didn't give up.

Just like everyone else, he knew he was good and talented - he just needed to be better. And he could be, only if he threw away all of the inferiority and try to learn and perform his best at the academy. So he did exactly that. He wasn't ashamed when he was criticized by his teacher. He wasn't ashamed when he failed to sing in falsetto. He wasn't ashamed when he didn't manage to to vibrato correctly. He knew that these were all part of learning. He wouldn't learn anything if he didn't fail.

A few years were spent in the academy. He progressively became better, and graduated from the academy. However, this boy wasn't the same person as he was before, when he entered the academy.

He learnt one important thing in the academy : No matter how talented you are, no matter how good you are, you will never stop learning. You will always have a loophole, and never ever look down on someone who may have less talent than you - because that person is better than you in some other aspects.

You are good, but you are far from perfect. Life is an ongoing lesson, you'll never stop learning something new.

The end. Lol.

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Ps; I thought of so many scenarios with similar lessons to learn from, idk why did I end up with this one. Probably because I was pretty much influenced by Raise Your Voice. Touché. However this is how I've been feeling lately. Not only in my studies, but also in terms of DnT. And, I thank Allah for granting me wonderful and supportive family to listen to every life-conflicts I have.

Pss; Coincidentally, as I'm writing this down, my playlist is playing A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes. Oh the irony.