Encouragement The roar of the crowd, the thunder of their hands coming together in a loud, passionate rendition of applause. I live for that applause, for that moment when the audience are on their feet, begging for more; encore, encore! The hours of practise, blood, sweat and tears, it’s all for this moment. From the […]
Challenge You know it’s not going to be easy. You know it’s going to test you to your limits. But you’re ready; you’re tired of where you are, tired of staring at the same unsatisfied face in the mirror. You’ve done the research, you’ve made a plan, now you just have to take the first […]
Why? I’m always asked why I choose to do what I do. Why? they ask, there’s no money in that. Why? they ask, where can that take you in life? Many people have asked me why. My parents, friends, their friends, their parents. ‘It’s not really a proper job is it?’ So why do I […]
Watch me When you’re in school they tell you, you can be whatever you want to be. As you get older, more doors are slammed in your face. ‘You can be anything…maybe not that…or that.’ They put you in boxes that ‘define’ who you are. Whatever you do, don’t think outside the box, don’t step […]
Todays the Day ‘Todays the day’ a voice whispers. You ignore it, curling back over into the safety of your bed. ‘Todays the day’ the voice then demands. You give into it; rolling out of the covers. You work on automatic; bumbling around your apartment, just as you have done the past month. You go to put on slippers but the voice […]
Keep Going We all need that extra push sometimes. Someone to hold us when we fear we may fall. Someone to guide us when we are lost. That hand that lifts us that little bit higher. When we’ve worked so hard and feel we can do no more, they are the voice telling us ‘just […]
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