Don't give flexibility too many props. It's good to be flexible, but don't sacrifice power for it. A contortionist can put his/her body in a million positions because of his 'flexibility', but that doesn't mean he has 'strength' in those positions, or that he is connected.
The best example I can give is the way most people stretch: they bend at a joint and stretch the muscle around that joint. If you were to expand from both sides of that joint, you could get a much fuller stretch and without damaging the side of the joint being compressed when improperly stretched.
You say you were born with it, that it's natural; well here's a good analogy for you:
When any car is built at a factory, it has been drastically tuned down, to decrease it's performance. By removing certain things, or modifying certain parts, you can return the vehicle to it's 'natural' state of efficiency and power. The level that it was designed to be capable of, but not necessarily built at.
