effort is not enough.

There once was a young boy with aspirations. He wanted to paint, but he had no talent. But he tried REAL hard and he got somewhere... No where too far or high, but he achieved.
There was also a young girl with nothing. No motivation, no hopes, no dreams. She did have natural ability, however. She could sit at her easel and quickly replicate the most intricate of landscapes, still lifes or portraits. But she did not care. She did this simply to do. Her talent turned her into an icon. Her fame exceed her efforts exponentially. How cruel that she was allowed to sucessfully continue life without proper meaning. How sick that he was denied true sucess despite his best efforts.