Gifting's And Abilities Options

So I'm assuming that most people here practice magick and have, by years of practice, gained a few abilities on the way. What are some of the abilities you've acquired along the way? What are some of the abilities you feel you were born with?

Waterfall
I have noticed that energy work based inborn abilities seem to have to do with the person's nervous system. This is of course my humble opinion. I've noticed that the 'naturals' are those with good, healthy nervous responses and probably outgoing personalities. There are exceptions though (there always are). Some people develop best after having undergone a crisis of some sort. Perhaps a partial explanation is that the crisis has caused them to buckle down and work harder. It is hard to say for sure. You've heard of people going through a crisis then becoming a shaman, for instance. I bases this on observation of people's behaviour, plus how I read their nerves. I'm still formulating the ideas in my mind, working them out.

Also, yes magical spells seem to follow the path of least resistance. When they work they do so as efficiently as possible in the terms of effort required, so they find the easiest way, the weak spot--which is also the one that it the most probable and the easiest explainable. It is like water flowing and meandering through the cracks and crevices. It finds its way but doesn't try to flow uphill.