Wasted Talents

I ate dinner at this crappy Chinese restaurant today. I went there actually thinking it was a Japanese restaurant and was craving sushi. But nope, it was Chinese. I felt cheated for sure. I ordered some spring rolls and some soup.

While I was eating, there was only one other couple there in the place. The waitress started singing out loud. In fact very loud. But you know what. She was good. She was very good. I guess she does this all the time when the place is dead.

I made me wonder if she ever tried to take advantage of her talent or she just did not care for it. Obviously she enjoys singing. Perhaps she is just working there until her singing career takes off. Maybe she has tried and has been turned away too many times. Who knows? The best part is the speculation. I could care less about the facts of her life.

This had me thinking about my life. Are there any talents that I have not really pursued. What if I have talents that I am not even aware I have? What if I had this wonderful singing voice but never really tried to sing on a serious level? Doubtful, but what if?

I've always been good with electronics and especially computers. I love to read and can comprehend information from a book with relative ease. Is this all that I have? Granted, it may be more than other people have, but wouldn't it be nice to know all of your talents up front. Then we could know if we should pursue some aspect in our life, or know that it will just be a waste of time. Kinda scary... this is leaning toward the whole DNA manipulation theory that is out there. Creating the perfect person. Manipulating the outcome of our children. Freakish stuff.