Tree or Statue

“Talent exists or not”? This is topic that has solid points on both side. In various classes (specially in social science classes) people debate a lot on this topic. I also thought that “only environment & desires makes difference, there is no such thing like natural/born talent”. But after coming across an example, i thought, i should think in other way as well.

I just tried to write a blog post on that example and here it comes..

Example:-1 

Consider an Apple tree and an apple seed.
Our aim is to make a big apple tree from this apple seed.
Suppose I planted this seed, so now what this seed will expect from me?

1. A platform {good soil for its development}
2. Food {water, fertilizers}
3. Medical Services {pesticides}
4. Security {A fencing as to save it from animals}

If I give all these four things, it will be a big tree after some time. Now the basic question that arises is ….
Did I tell that seed, that you will be apple tree???
The obvious answer is no, I only gave, what it required & it automatically turned to apple tree due to its nature.
Example-2:-

Now consider another example of a Statue of “Lord Hanuman” and a box filled by sand paste.
Our aim is to make a statue of lord hanuman by this sand paste.
So what will i require for this??

1. A mold of Lord Hanuman.

I will pour my send into that mold, will bake it and will remove the mold. In this way my statue will be ready.
Now let’s ask that basic question again.
Did I tell that sand paste, that you will be a statue of lord hanuman??

In this case, by the time we treat the sand paste with hanuman’s mold we force that sand paste to transfer into a specified statue.
This example is linked to our education system as well.
Someone may ask you to prepare for say X??
Then this X is a just like a mold and that person want to fit it on you, treating you like the sand paste.
But are we really like a sand paste???
To find answer let’s go little downward…
We had Nursery, LKG, and UKG in our school times.
What do they mean?
LKG=> Lower Kinder Garten                   UKG=> Upper Kinder Garten
Kinder is a German word which means children.
Garten is also a German word which means Garden.
So now tell me, garden is for plants or statues??
So my dear friends, we all are like plants, grow like them. Don’t try to grow like a statue.