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Yeah, so you’re an Orc and you’re not that great with magic… but that doesn’t mean you can’t get better at it, that doesn’t mean you can’t learn it and do it.  You might never be as good as the Elves (who are born with latent magic skill) but there is literally no reason why you can’t be a mage, if that’s what you really want in life. It will be harder and there will be those who don’t understand your struggle, but if you really want it, you can be it.

So it is in real life.  I mean, it’s tempting to believe that everyone is equally able to do all things and that anyone can master any skill, but that’s really not true.  Some people are just better by nature at certain things than others.  Certain traits my be common along certain lines be they genetic or social, but really it’s a crap shoot, and you get the dice roll at birth.

But, like the Orc mage… just because you’re not born good at something or even born bad at something that doesn’t mean that you can’t learn it and do it.  Provided you aren’t saddled with a truly crippling disorder, provided you can learn, then you can be whatever you want to be.

That’s the great thing about being alive: You can change and you have the power to shape that change in the direction you desire.  So long as you live, you have hope to be that dream.