Let's Not Rush To Become A Fool

We often just let life happen to us even when the things in life start to go awry and fall out of pace. In essence, we have the tendency to have the passenger mentality in life. We succumb to what life has on offer through actions of our own and nobody else. There are three key points about life we ought to adhere to: Choice, Self-belief, and Determination.

There is a short story I like to share:
Once there was a girl from the rural part of Russia whose dream is to become a ballet dancer. In order to fulfil her dream, she practiced day and night. She eventually performed very well, and was placed well above the ballet dancers in her age group to succeed. However, as the dance moves got more complicated, she started to experience failures at a higher rate. As a result, her self-belief faltered and doubted her ability to perform at the highest level. 

 One day, a world renowned ballet dancer was invited to perform in her village where this girl was from. In order to judge her skills as a ballet dancer, she decided to perform in front of the world renowned dancer. Within a minute of her performance, she was told by the world renowned dancer that she has no talent in ballet dancing at all. The girl could not help but to believe it because the comment was made by a professional dancer. She then gradually gave up her dream to be a professional ballet dancer altogether and became a housewife instead.

 Many years later, the world renowned ballet dancer revisited the village and the girl asked her: "You once mentioned I have no talent in ballet dancing at all and there is still one thing I do not quite understand. How can you possibly judge a ballet dancer's potential within a minute of performance?". The professional dancer replied, "Of course I would not know. I am not God."

The girl was flabbergasted. How can she made such a comment when she had practically destroyed a young girl's dream of being a professional ballet dancer? Just when she attempted to retaliate, the world renowned dancer said: "If you chose to listen to me and gave up on your dreams instead of persevering on, then you have already disqualified yourself from succeeding, not me."

 Each of us has a choice to do what we do. Each of us has every right to Be Yourself and Believe in Yourself. Whether we can see the light at the end of tunnel boils down to how determined you are in wanting it.

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