That is a talent with which Hashem blessed me. And just as my madricha 's talents caused her to gravitate to positions of leadership, my talent has led me to use my life's circumstances to develop it. Because I was born to a secular family after the second wave of feminism, I attended college. I may well owe my college education to feminism, and I used that education to perfect my writing skills, but had I been born into different circumstances and not attended college, my drive to write would have found another way to develop. In his book Endless Light , Rabbi David Aaron explains that it is incorrect to view talent as something that a person possesses.
Many artists report that when they are working, they become channels for some higher Source.
Creativity flows through them, and the art in effect creates itself. The higher Source is Hashem . Hashem blesses people with talents to express His will in a particular way. When talented people gratefully accept their special role, they understand that they were not given their talent merely to pursue wealth, fame, and status. These blessings sometimes accompany talent, but they are actually external to its purpose.