Why are you running?
- (SOW) Jelani

- Aug 28, 2025
- 1 min read
Updated: Nov 24, 2025
Bro. I gotta stop running from my gifts. I know exactly what it is that I'm interested in. I know exactly what I want to add into my bag. I want to have better guitar skills. Upgrade my piano skills. Add skill points to my singing. Add XP to my writing ability. See, the thing is, I can't add XP to ANYTHING without experiencing it. I NEED TO EXPERIENCE CONSISTENTLY. Experience is a verb, not just a noun. It's an action. Consistent experience with my guitar will naturally add XP to my guitar-playing ability. This is how it works when gaining new skills and refining current talents.
I run so much because I know I can be good at stuff. I'm actually accustomed to being REALLY good at stuff. So it scares me when I have to take extra steps in order to reach that full potential within something that I'm genuinely interested in. I start to feel inadequate on those nights where I can't hit the right notes. But without those off-key nights, I'd never appreciate the perfect pitch that was gained after (peep me manifesting perfect pitch). Anyway, I love you. Whoever you are. If it's me reading this again, I love you. If it's someone else, I love you. Have a great evening.
- lani khristopher
"To those who use well what they are given, even more will be given, and they will have an abundance. But from those who do nothing, even what little they have will be taken away."
Matthew 25: 29



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