Persistence and Pennies
I have known many dance students who are driven to persevere
despite many obstacles - like having a less-than-perfect body for ballet. These dancers carry on, often for years, in
spite of nay-saying teachers, friends, etc.
And against all odds, I have seen them succeed. Oh, it took longer and undoubtedly required a
great deal of sacrifice and determination, but these dancers taught me to never
say never.
I wonder if all those dancers who gave up might have
succeeded – if only they had stayed the course for a few more weeks, days,
months, or years. It made me think that
it would be nice if we had a way to know how close we are to reaching our dream.
Wouldn’t it be great if could use something like a jar of pennies to monitor
our progress. Every day that we work
toward our goal – whatever that goal might be – we’d add a penny to the
jar. If we knew we'd succeed when the
jar was full, we’d see exactly how much longer it would take, and how many
pennies we’d need to add, before we’d finally arrive at our destination. That way, we’d never give up when we were
only pennies away.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Motivational Secret #4a:
“Never give up – you might
be only “pennies” away.”
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Quote
of the Day:
“Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss
of enthusiasm.”
-Winston Churchill
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