It is very precisely about the audacity which allows us to consider actions that we would struggle to imagine spontaneously and above all to take unknown paths to explore them as far as possible.
We are far from the purely literary audacity of children who launch themselves without reluctance into fantastic stories where, moreover, they end up getting lost; this time this audacity is carefully considered, it is based on an idea that has been worked on for a long time and based on solid foundations. Driven by this impulse which draws its roots in the depths of the spirit, the daring traces a curiously unexplored route while we have the feeling that all possible routes, whatever the field, are more or less known. . In reality, the more we advance and the more the paths diversify, it is the fate of man to constantly seek ultimate knowledge without achieving it since every discovery opens the way to new avenues.
To not let yourself be discouraged by these infinite perspectives, you must have a solid mind, resistant to doubts and criticism.
It’s a long habit among gifted people: as children, they quickly understood that their ideas, which seemed crazy to others, were supported by intense reflection, the kind that inhabits the mind despite oneself and prevents one from sleeping, bringing a new clarity to facts which, sometimes, escaped understanding.
The ideas they could express sometimes triggered mockery because the other children had not yet followed these paths of reflection, they took existence as it was without questioning too much, convinced that their parents knew all the answers to the case. where a question would have tormented them. For them, priority was not yet given to existential questions. It is almost in spite of themselves that gifted children let their minds wander, but very quickly, they want to bring a little rigor to these erratic ideas, they undertake research, they read biographies of researchers or explorers. which they could perhaps one day resemble and above all which indicate to them that there exist new paths, the number of which is undoubtedly infinite. Some are undoubtedly waiting for them, no one has yet had the idea of borrowing them.
When you read the interviews given by recognized scientists, most talk about a vocation that occurred very early in their young life, apparently triggered by a chance encounter, a book or a simple interview. In fact, the ground was prepared, gifted children are driven by the desire to deepen all knowledge and they do not fear venturing into little-exploited areas; This is when boldness is essential. It is not the one that pushes thoughtless people to take absurd risks and then pay the price, the audacity of gifted children is supported by knowledge already assimilated and above all by a mind of absolute logic which rejects everything element disturbing the coherence of a whole.
It takes intuition which is the first to detect the offending element, sometimes imperceptibly, but the keen eye and flawless logic of gifted people have immediately detected it, sometimes by a simple feeling, but if imperative that it was impossible not to take it into account. At each stage of this process, the gifted person checks their supports, like experienced and seasoned climbers. When gifted children have to deal with a subject, they check all their ideas, making sure that there is no discordant element and that the whole is coherent. This search for perfection in such a young child seems incredible to the absent-minded teacher who confidently concludes that it was not he who did this work, or that he was greatly helped. It is then another consistency that is sought.
Such disappointments leave a lasting and always somewhat painful mark in the minds of children; it is the beginning of their learning. If they follow the path they have traced for themselves, they will experience other disappointments, other injustices, but they will also meet peers, having followed a similar path and driven by the same passion, to explore new paths. ignored.
Those whose daring is most evident set out in search of lost civilizations, since there are still some, well hidden in a protective and destructive nature, both by the exuberance of the vegetation or by the winds of the deserts. Even when carefully prepared, they put their lives in danger, but the force that pushes them is irresistible; they sometimes disappear, sometimes in a hazy manner. These accidents do not prevent gifted children, adventurous at heart, from dreaming of such exploits; they sigh when they think of the intense thrill of a discovery and they want more than anything to feel it, at least once.
Those who, very early on, like to write, rely on their inspiration to dare to launch into stories, where they are obliged to put a little of themselves. Their gifts recognized by an insightful professor, they draw encouragement to persevere and then write novels disturbing the good ordering of classic literature. Boldness then allows them to face fierce and implacable criticism.
All those who take new paths must possess this quality which takes its roots deep within oneself: audacity, but for it to be constant, productive and effective, it must necessarily be combined with intellectual gift and its beginnings are evident very early.