Having just feasted on my annual Academy Awards diet of divas in to die for dresses and tear jerking acceptance speeches - I am all sparkled out. I shall keep todays post brief as being in the UK I have not had much sleep trying as I do each year to be a part of the 'greatest show on earth' (and I'm not as young as I used to be).
This is arguably an insurmountable claim as a theatre full of loveys can hardly eclipse some of the natural or even manmade spectacles that grace this planet. But there is a kind of magic about the proceeding and a resonance that touches even the hardest soul. After the hype has died away and the after show stragglers (the looser of the night if you will) have found their metaphoric pillows to cry into, there is still a trace of stardust cast into the air and which if we let it can come to rest on our eyes as we go about our everyday lives.
So what is that sparkle that these strangers hold that transcends the lens and is caught in the flash bulbs of desire? I think it is a heady combination of single mindedness and human frailty. The strength and determination to succeed when others so often fail, is a quality the winners and the losers on the night share. To overcome our perceived weakness and use the gifts we have been given regardless of the obstacles that try to deter that achievement. It is a quality that can be found in the character of all life's great achievers and makes me wonder what us mere mortals could learn from their behaviour. I think it is to keep dreaming, no matter what the state of your reality because the mind can overcome matter and move mountains (or win golden statues if that's your game).
I found this artwork and quote on Pinterest shared by Karen Salmansohn (notsalmon.com) and I hope she forgives me using it here. Her website is well worth a visit if you want to find new ways of being and a new path to the goals you have set out for yourself. As she calls it 'self help for people who wouldn't be caught dead doing self help'.
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