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• June 28, 2010 12:41 a.m.

  Consider everyday as a blessing eventhough we are experiencing different types of stress. Friends and family is our help in these times but consider also yourself. You can do it, you just have to believe in yourself. Always seize that moment and be happy.

  - Stressless06

• June 25, 2010 4:36 a.m.

  Challenge yourself to do better. Great success comes from great challenges as well. Stress is just one of them.

  - Stressless06

• June 23, 2010 10:48 p.m.

  This opportunity is given to all of us. It is up to us to decide. Stress could always hinder us to be successful. Do not let stress run your life.

  - Stressless06

• June 16, 2010 11:31 a.m.

  At the end of the day it is opportunity and timing that matters most. Dedication and skills help. While I don't think I'd like to live in a society where your future depended on who your parents are or where you were born, today there are too many choices. Be anything you want? Here's 10,000 choices. How can anyone whittle that down if you aren't feeling a "calling" to any one thing? And if you do find a specific goal, then the above comes into play -- opportunity and timing. Called to be a teacher? Sorry, half of those we already have are unemployed. Timing's off. School is expensive. No scholarship? Opportunity is gone. Unfortunately, potential has to submit to reality. Is this the place where someone says "bloom where you are planted"? You're between a rock and a hard place.

  - Susan

• June 16, 2010 11:18 a.m.

  The movie,THE BLIND SIDE, shows Michael, as an impoverished street boy, with no home and no family to love and nurture him, taken in by a wel-to-do family. They helped him live up to his potential, gain an identity and get a good education and be a part of a family. He then became a football star partly because he excelled in protective instincts, which he developed from living on the street. More importantly, to Michael, than all of this, was that he became a loved member of a family.

  - carol

• June 16, 2010 6:45 a.m.

  While its all very well to foster the fantasy that Any Boy Can Be President, we all know that only extremely wealthy boys with good financial backing and connections can be President. Odds are pretty good that among the gang of dropouts bouncing basketballs in the park, not one of them will ever set foot in the NBA. I think this attitude that regardless of talent, background or connections, Anybody Can Be A Winner, is an artifact of the current culture that awards trophies to everybody who shows up. It is very true that we can enjoy many different parts of life without being superstars; however, the denial that there are superstars and that we ourselves are not them is delusional and leads nowhere. It is much better to enjoy performing at the level we can reach, and admiring those who can go farther. I myself have earned the two Basic ice skating medals and then stuck at Novice where I will remain until I die, because I cannot do back crossovers. I do not delude myself that I am Olympic class, while I very much enjoy those who are -- which I can do because I know how hard what they do actually is.

  - Appleby

• June 16, 2010 1:12 a.m.

  I'd have to concur with Dr. Creagan, about the unique gifts -- its in finding them and making use of thier talent that can be the tricky part. I am reminded of nurture vs. nature and see a corilation between the two that may in fact work as a guide to success. Just my two cents worth --

  - Kelly

• June 14, 2010 10:48 a.m.

  This theme is somewhat reminiscent of a certain type of commencement addresses. Frankly, a case can be made that the fixation on unquantifiables such as "greatness," "excellence," or "genius" can be overdone. Yes, conceptually these abstract terms sound attractive, but are they meaningful? In the real world, we see evidence of lots of people who become obsessed with maximizing one goal to the detriment of other worthy goals. Let's face it: not only are we not all geniuses--whatever that means--we don't need to be to achieve success and happiness. Greatness is sometimes treated like some kind of faux status objective, like becoming a millionaire--and I think it can become a distraction and a mirage. Why is popular culture so captivated by the spectacle of the prodigy or the whiz, the genius? The world is full of clever people, superlative individuals in a field, some of whom are overconfident in their own capacities, cause undue harm, and lack the balance of wisdom. One day it would be refreshing to hear a commencement address on the theme of daring to be competent, daring to be average, stable, faithful, and decent--in a word--daring to be good. In some sense, perhaps, the dictum of the perfect being the enemy of the good rings true.

  - Alan

• June 14, 2010 9:43 a.m.

  I do believe in predisposition to the end that genes play a part but I'm also a fan of nurturing talents and believe with the right combination of determination and effort one can achieve to their highest level; in some cases that means extradrodinarily above average.

  - Mary

• June 11, 2010 11:17 p.m.

  Chance is said to favor the prepared mind. Ideally everyone is given a fair chance (start) to prepare their minds. As this is far from true, given our public school system--in my opinion it may take divine help to level the playing field.

  - Carol

• June 11, 2010 9:18 a.m.

  This does resonate with me. In my undergrad I received good grades but I know I could have done better and I regret that. I plan to go back to school for nursing and I don't want to look back and feel that I could have done better. I know it will be challenging so I need all the strength, determination and dedication I have. For me, words of wisdom, quotes, and stories or articles like this are reassuring and motivating, thank you.

  - B