… Why our lives should be biased by fate and the way our souls are? That is to me is against God’s justice.
God’s justice is something we can’t see and shan’t see till it unfolds. He may turn out less nasty (to church outsiders) than His propagandists like to portray Him!
At any rate He wills for us to stretch ourselves in our various circumstances.
At 62 having discovered my learning differences and got used to viral brain illness, and traced many problems (racial, religious, disability-related and financial discrimination) through past generations I am very glad to have been shaped and to have the opportunity to further shape myself as I decide day by day.
In my observation, most people in most countries have been shamed so badly by their families of origin, teachers, doctors, politicians and commerce, they think of themselves as characterless blobs, without tastes. Look at it this way: it’s utterly fabulous that you have become interested in minds and are pursuing these enquiries. You’ll reap the reward that doors are opening to you which were allegedly shut to everybody.
To most of the world’s population today, depression is so bad, talk of stretching is the last straw.
In common professional parlance, the word “personality” means the way we come across - motor movements, speed and tone of speech, thinking speed, control over emotions. But to you and I the word “personality” can mean our tastes, ambitions, skills - the beautiful things about us. The patient mentioned in your reading matter was the same person, he just had to develop his skills in a slightly different direction due to certain limitations.