Genius

"A wise man once said that the hardest path was often the most rewarding. Pursuing Genius will be rough to get anywhere good, but history is littered with genius that leaves a lasting legacy. Leonardo da Vinci created the term "Renascence man" with his numerous exploits into the theoretical and his artistic pursuits. He was an Engineer, Scholar, Politician, Diplomat, Artist, and Musician. All of this and none of it was attributed to his charisma or looks, simply put his mind was among the greatest nurtured in history and he remained openly observant to the world around him for his very long life.

"The path of Genius is such a path that blooms in more way than one if you culture it rightly, and yet it is also an illusion. Da Vinci drew the Gyro, a device that had no use to society for centuries but is now among the most critical for precision instruments, after reading the first few chapters of the book of Ezekiel in the Bible. His imagination was captivated by the phrase "A wheel within a wheel." and after a morning of contemplation he drew the Gyro.

"The illusion of Genius is that there is nothing truly new created by the mind, everything is based off some idea, need, or situation that the mind of the genius encounters. And there is your truth, all your ideas are partially stolen, and maybe you never notice, but that will remain the truth behind your illusion.

"And here your journey begins."

I were born to a typical middle class family. My father, a salary man, made enough money to be able to afford a modest home with a binding but not burdensome mortgage. my mother worked as a teacher which provided my family with a good supplementary income, and I with an environment that encouraged the exploration of knowledge from the time you were born.

To an adult perspective my life wasn't easy, but it was good. My mind was above that or your peers and while I had trouble relating with them as a child I never thought too much about it. I easily understood math and complex ideas but I struggled with learning language and proper socialization, even English was difficult for me at first and reading held no interest.

It's called Asymmetrical learning, it's pretty common in people with an IQ well above average. We learn faster on some subjects than others, and normally we can communicate with adults better than we can with peers, which gives us stunted social development since we we spend most of our time in public schools surrounded by people we don't understand (meaning children our age).

Anyhow, I was pretty smart and found things to occupy my mind, I was also very lucky and had a few teachers early own who helped me get into a gifted program for small children. Leading up that effort was my mother who as a teacher herself was able to recognize that I wasn't ADD and needing ****, but that I needed a more difficult learning environment.

Gifted programs for preschoolers are rare, expensive and 100% worth it for a child who needs it. I can't compare it to anything else since I was never in a regular class (thanks mom), but I still didn't take well to speaking of socializing with my peers, and they in turn had many similar issues. My best friend was a little girl named Tammy, she was smart and funny (by which I mean she did a pretty good fart sound for a girl), she was also very friendly and shared her lunch and snacks with me when the teacher wasn't looking.

During my year of first grade my parents both sat me down with serious looks on their faces.

"John,"my mom began, "honey there is something we need to tell you."