By: Boluwaji Daso Once you're intelligent, brilliant or have the ability to grasp easily, you're in trouble and you might not know but it's a fact yesterday, today, and forever! This insinuates that people who are considered highly skilled usually encounter difficulties perhaps because others expect too much from them, misunderstand them, criticize them, or feel threatened by them as this has always been the case in our society. As our knowledge grows, so does the burden of what lies beyond it and that burden is what destroys us. In decades past, every kid wanted to grow, not just in age, but in understanding, in freedom, in the possibility of becoming someone greater than the circumstances they were born into. We longed for a better life because we believed adulthood would offer clarity, dignity, and a sense of belonging. Back then, the world felt simpler; religion, at least on the surface, seemed peaceful. It appeared to weave communities together, creating a shared ident...