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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Sunday and the Happiness Chase




Sunday and the Happiness Chase
“Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness” are familiar words.  But I wonder if sometimes we are not chasing happiness – happiness is chasing us.  We are so focused on our goals, or the problems of the day that we never allow happiness to catch up with us.  We leave it in our dust.   I think dancers can be particularly prone to leaving happiness far behind us as we pursue a perfection that is, by definition, unattainable.
Now, I am not suggesting that we give up the drive to succeed.  Not at all.  Dancers must be hungry, and stay hungry if they want to compete.  But within each day there should be enough time allowed for happiness to catch up and fall in step with us. 

From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:

Motivational Secret #15 
“Allow time in each day for happiness to catch up and fall in step with you.”

 

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“Now and then it’s good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.”
-Guillaume Apollinaire

 

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