Had the great pleasure of listening to Jenny Morris speak in person tonight. What a tremendously inspirational woman she is, with such talent and speaking ability, not to mention her achievements. Made me want to go home and kick my butt into action! I would imagine a cooking holiday in the East with her would be a memorable experience, but will have to publish quite a few more books and sell a heap of paintings before I can tag on to the tour! And yet, as she says, believe in yourself and do it!
I will only have myself to blame if I don't. Surrounded by a room full of people who are following their dreams, some more successfully than others maybe, but nonetheless doing their best to go for it, made me realise how many different kinds of people there are in the world. For some it is smooth sailing and others struggle to meet even the most mediocre of standards, and yet each is a success in their own way.
The problem is, we have become spoiled by television, where we see only the best of everything - the top movies, best tennis players in the world, Olympic standards of individual sports, world-class rugby, cricket and football, and anything less than the best tends to fall into obscurity, not worth a second look. If we went back to the theatre, where slip-ups show actors as being real people, or became spectators at a live game, without the professional commentary to tell us what we are seeing and the cameras zooming in as if we are on the pitch with the players, we could start to re-appreciate what it is to be human and less than perfect (according to society's standards) and accept that the real beauty of life is the journey and not the destination.
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