awellhungboi: I know what you mean. The genetic gifts I have, (which I'm grateful for), don't give me the same sense of accomplishment as, say, finishing a story or staying on track with my sobriety does. I don't consider my (occasional bursts of) intelligence, societally acceptable facial structure, broad shoulders, small waist etc as 'virtues' any more than I consider my near-sightedness, weird feet, or cavity-prone teeth as 'faults.' Or, maybe to put it a better way, I don't think those genetic 'gifts' make me 'good' and the genetic 'whoopses' make me 'bad' and I hope nobody else does either. Maybe it's because I grew up watching Mr. Rogers (God Rest His Soul) but I think everybody is special and has something to offer the world.

I'm rambling too. Sorry if that sounds corny. (Sorry for all the 'quotation' marks, exclamation points! and parentheses too!)