I am in awe of people who pursue their passions. People who persevere and succeed despite their shortcomings, limitations, or roadblocks. People who shoulder through pain, adversity, trauma, frustration, nay-sayers, detractors' comments, and set-backs to go on to achieve excellence, success, personal satisfaction and a greater sense of self-worth.
Pursuing one's passion(s?) is not easy nor uncomplicated and is often accompanied by stress, sacrifice, occasional defeat, unrecognized achievement and the porcine protestations of people who would diminish the scope of the accomplishments simply out of jealousy, ignorance and dimwittedness. But, there are those individuals who are seemingly unfazed by the digs, innuendo, snide comments, outright rude remarks, and needling of others and go on to attain recognized proficiency, triumph, and mastery pertaining to whatever endeavor(s) they have attempted.
What provides the fortitude to excel in spite of? Preparation, practice, high degrees of well-honed skill(s), thick skin, the ability to tune out the "noise" of the crowd......all of these traits and characteristics exist in achievers, either in concert or one at a time.
Much can be learned from people who press the envelope, run a little faster, train a little harder, march to the beat of a different drummer, turn their backs on the crowd, etc. Simplistically, I guess it is those very qualities that settled the West, put humans on the moon, broke Olympic records, or overcame physical limitations to become great, such as Helen Keller.
I am not one of "those" people......I can only think about and write about them.
Sign me as in awe and filled with admiration.
Ancora imparo
