Bedtime reading

It's a little cold in here (and outside) as a result (partly due to acclimatization from being so warm in here all the time), but I'm happy about the rain...even though it's cold.

I have been inspired to read a little bit into the psychology of gifted children. I wonder how much the label of "gifted" may or may not have affected the development of my self-concept. For example, my philosophical and spiritual slant. I developed it a little bit later after the more obvious gifts like reading, writing, and music. Which came first: the disposition which is characteristic of the label or the label which spurned the development of that disposition?

Since I was tested early in my school career, and given that I was high-but-not-crazy-high-IQ, as well as the fact that one's IQ declines a bit entering adulthood, I want to ask whether I can legitimately still own giftedness as part of me, and if so, what fruit have I borne from it in recent memory?

It's not that I'm ashamed of being gifted. I just want to know what it really means.^*

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^* Especially in terms of interpreting my habits and personality traits.