abilities - choices

We were doing a marathon of HP Movies.  Last night we're on HP 2.
Was struck by the last few scenes with Harry and Dumbledore talking.
Dumbledore said something similar to it's not about the abilities that you have but the choices that you make...
Hmmm...nice line, I thought.

Then this morning, I was reading a Yahoo News Article about Leslie Nielsen who passed away last Sunday (may he rest in peace).

And I quote:

"...As soon as he graduated from high school at 17, he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force, even though he was legally deaf (he wore hearing aids most of his life.)

After the war, Nielsen worked as a disc jockey at a Calgary radio station, then studied at a Toronto radio school operated by Lorne Greene, who would go on to star on the hit TV series "Bonanza." A scholarship to the Neighborhood Playhouse brought him to New York, where he immersed himself in live television."

A legally deaf guy (whatever that means, he's still 'deaf) who went on to work as a disc jockey.  Cool.  He was not hindered by his in-ability...he definitely made the right choice/s.

May I have the same discernment to make the right choices and not be consumed by my abilities...