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| Frida=love* |
Greatness scares most people - other people´s Greatness & above all, their own potencial for Greatness.
They´re not freaked out about the possibility of failure as much as they´re terrified about the possibility of success. Therefore, th...ey envy other people´s gardens; they wish to cut the wings of anyone who dares to fly; they hate the ones who mirror their "what if´s".
The thing is reaching out for your own Greatness - and we´re no clones so everyone has his/her own UNIQUE* path - is scary. I agree. Failure brings compassion from others (everybody loves a good old victim - "misery loves company" kind of thing); success and joy bring responsibility, sacrífices and serious, continuous work and risks. Plus: continuous success and joy will not Grant you a lot of friends (in fact, it grants you an whole lot of dear enemies).
Cry on people´s shoulders 24 hours per day, bad mouth others´achievements and sit on the couch eating a tuna sandwish - that will do for most of us (sad, sad, sad).
One of the blessings of my work (through performing, dancing, choreographing, teaching or writing) is the possibility of waking up people from this collective mediocrity nap. Go; do YOUR work; try; try again; fail, fall, rise once more: BE ALIVE, for God´s sake! When you´re busy following your dreams, you have no time or energy for fear and hate. Choose LIFE - it´s exhausting but it´s worth it.
They´re not freaked out about the possibility of failure as much as they´re terrified about the possibility of success. Therefore, th...ey envy other people´s gardens; they wish to cut the wings of anyone who dares to fly; they hate the ones who mirror their "what if´s".
The thing is reaching out for your own Greatness - and we´re no clones so everyone has his/her own UNIQUE* path - is scary. I agree. Failure brings compassion from others (everybody loves a good old victim - "misery loves company" kind of thing); success and joy bring responsibility, sacrífices and serious, continuous work and risks. Plus: continuous success and joy will not Grant you a lot of friends (in fact, it grants you an whole lot of dear enemies).
Cry on people´s shoulders 24 hours per day, bad mouth others´achievements and sit on the couch eating a tuna sandwish - that will do for most of us (sad, sad, sad).
One of the blessings of my work (through performing, dancing, choreographing, teaching or writing) is the possibility of waking up people from this collective mediocrity nap. Go; do YOUR work; try; try again; fail, fall, rise once more: BE ALIVE, for God´s sake! When you´re busy following your dreams, you have no time or energy for fear and hate. Choose LIFE - it´s exhausting but it´s worth it.
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| Moi memme, performing in Samara (Russia). |
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