The Necessary Aptitude To Play Chess

Currently I am doing the "Stand By Me" kind of act where in the movie an older man is seen writing about his youth.  This post involves the standards of excellence and achievements.  As we all know achievement is accomplished by the innate ability to possess talent and aptitude.  Will I have none of this.  This is why I named one of my blogs It Never Takes A Genius because anything I can do anybody can do.  In a geometry class in high school only one student called me a  genius and that was the last time I was called such a name.  Nothing comes easy for me and I have failed at many endeavors many times.  I must work very hard and even that alone  the effort spent is not always good enough.  Here is where we get at the root of the problem.  I always  knew I was not at the elite class that everything I was to do required a good effort and then still I did not see victory.  Those that succeed are generally from a privileged class and had the  upbringing and support to get where they are.  If I am totally wrong then let me hear the argument to the contrary.  I am constantly learning or at least I am prepared to say that I must allow for changes if I am to adapt to this environment.  To make a long story short I am not a candidate for a deep  brain stimulation procedure essentially a brain operation of which I was attempting to apply for in order to treat this Parkinson's ailment or disease I've been diagnosed with the  past ten years just before I retired from the Postal Service.  I fell too short on the cognitive testing plus it is suspected that I could be prone or addicted to a vice.  My back is now up against the wall and I must deal with Parkinson in other ways.  One would think I have this all totally wrong.  /