Wendy K. Laidlaw

The word genius means the spirit that's already there.

That's what it means.

And everybody has it.

And it's very specific.

But even though it's ours in the sense that it's in us, it's really only ours when we give it.

That's when it becomes ours.

And the more we give it, the more of it there is.

But to get to the point of being aware and conscious, oh, this is part of me, it has to be confirmed by someone outside ourselves.

And the other the old term used to be blessed.

Yes.

So here comes the child and then the young person with the genius.

There's a friend I used to have who the first time he picked up a guitar, he could play the guitar, just picked it up and started playing, you know, and I would pick it up and I never could play it really.

And so that's genius.

It doesn't mean that's the end of the story.

And even in his case, he didn't have any confidence in it because you would say, keep doing that.

That's amazing.

And, you know, and then what happened, he, of course, he became interested in music.

And then certain guitar players, he could recognize that's genius.

And then he met one of them and he got to play.

And this advanced kind of guitar player said, you're not bad.