I have been by/through that crossroads many times. Today you feel as if you are blessed after making it through alive due to the traffic.
I think the "gifted" thing, while true from time to time, is way overdone. Any professional putting forth extreme effort in an organized manner can make anything look like it is easy.
For example, I once read an article about a woman that won the Nationals at barrel racing. The author stated something about how she won the championship with her horse in only X number of seconds. I don't recall the exact number. The author wanted us to believe she made all that money just by showing up and winning that one run. They never took into account the year's worth of training she and the horse had to do before ever arriving at that one event.
Miculek is good b/c he practices, I'm guessing, on average 6 and 7 days per week. How good would you be if you shot that much? Your skills would be great as well. Perhaps not as great as his, but far better than the average shooter.
