If you could have any super power, what would it be? I think most people would choose "flying": an unorthodox ability that separates your reality from the rest of mankind, placing you upon pedestal, allowing your gaze to sweep across the insignificant creatures below.
But then what?
Once you have your power, what did it accomplish?
You and nobody else can fly. Are you proud of this new found skill? Will you boast about being lucky enough to be chosen? Will you be happy that, based off of sheer luck, you've done what others can only dream of?
You are a bird with wings, but not one that can fly.
If I could have any super power, it would be to have none at all.
Maybe I'll miss soaring through the night, chasing clouds like a toddler's toy. Maybe I'll dream of being rich, famous, handsome, and powerful. Maybe I'll long for friendship, popularity, and acknowledgement.
But what are those concepts without the path to get there? What is being wealthy, if you were never poor? What is being strong, if you were never weak? What's the point in flying, if you never learned to fall?
It doesn't matter what level you have in a certain skill. What matters is the work, determination, and guts to get there.
Only blood, sweat, and tears accumulated over years of struggle will bring you your true superpower.
Remember, the magnitude of your happiness can always only be less than or equal to the volume of your sadness.
You are now a bird without wings, but one that can fly.