Super Sunday Pony
Dancers tend to be pessimists. I’ve always wondered why. Perhaps the field itself attracts perfectionistic pessimists. I don’t know. But let’s talk about how to be less pessimistic.
There is a famous story, slightly gross, but effective. It describes two young boys, one an optimist, the other a pessimist. Their parents take them to a doctor to try and balance out their problems. The pessimist is put into a room filled to the brim will wonderful new toys and he sobs and says: “There are so many better toys available…”
The optimist is placed in a room filled with manure. He runs in excitedly and begins digging. When the horrified doctor asks what he is doing he replies with a big grin: “With all this manure there must be a pony in here somewhere!”
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Motivational Secret #52:
“ Remember the pony.”
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