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Everyone wants to be special. They want to be born with an amazing gift. It could be an exceptional IQ, amazing athletic ability, superior looks; anything to be set apart from the daunting fact that by definition, most people are average. Some are able to deal with it, never setting goals too far out of reach. Others rebel against it, making sure to constantly challenge themselves in an effort to prove to themselves that they aren’t as average as they really are. Still, there is another group. Those born neither average, nor special. Those who don’t portray any significant traits of the aforementioned, leading many to believe they are average. But then, suddenly, they surprise one with their flashes of brilliance, or talent. From that moment on they aren’t ever considered average, but as the flashes becoming fewer farther between, they settle into being normal. Still others have a flash, a bright, brilliant explosion. And they stay bright; as though fate itself was holding the candle for them.

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