A Talent for Your Thoughts

Don't you love stories that make you think? Some of those classic Star Trek episodes are good for that. I am again reminded of the one called Plato's Stepchildren, (terrible title) about the colony of psychokinetic Hellenists. Their mental powers were limited to individual use. As such, the one with the highest level of power could not be challenged by any joint effort from the others. I wonder if creative talent is like that. All the brainstorming in the world by roomfuls of bright people could not outmatch the singular effort of one person with superior talent. Probably not. Talent, as I see it, is a gift from God. Jesus may have had talents (not the ancient unit of currency) in mind when he shared his parable about the workers. Some of the workers only worked for two hours but received the same pay as the ones who worked eight hours. His disciples, hearing the parable, thought he had left out the ending. Jesus had to say, 'No, that is the ending. That's how the Father gives. His gifts are his to give as he pleases, and he is not bound by our limited concepts of justice.' Then Peter said, 'But Lord, isn't that kind of like socialism when everyone gets the same pay, regardless of effort?' And Jesus answered, 'I speak of inequality, not equality.' Then Bartholomew said, 'What is the moral of the story then? It pays more to have faith?' Christ, now frustrated, shouted in reply, 'No, the moral of the story is TOUGH SHIT!'
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