I lived with a ballerina once. She was my roommate. She had dreams of dancing with a company, but like many ballerinas, she fell short due to injury. In my roommate's case it was her knee that did her in.
When a ballerina can no longer dance, her soul takes a beating. That's what happened to my roommate. She was living in the past and hardly ever thought about the good things in the present. She smoked cigarettes, to my irritation, and when she ate it was in itty-bitty portions just like a ballerina.
Her disposition fostered a self-fulling prophecy. Bad things happened to her, one after another. First, she had a motorcycle accident. Then, she couldn't keep a man. And to top it off, she ended up losing her job.
As a roommate I tried to encourage her to stay positive. But my own cynicism never thought it would happen. Some people are doomed until they decide not to be. You have to un-doom yourself. It's easier said then done, but I believe it to be possible. The first thing you need to do is reboot.
When a ballerina can no longer dance, her soul takes a beating. That's what happened to my roommate. She was living in the past and hardly ever thought about the good things in the present. She smoked cigarettes, to my irritation, and when she ate it was in itty-bitty portions just like a ballerina.
Her disposition fostered a self-fulling prophecy. Bad things happened to her, one after another. First, she had a motorcycle accident. Then, she couldn't keep a man. And to top it off, she ended up losing her job.
As a roommate I tried to encourage her to stay positive. But my own cynicism never thought it would happen. Some people are doomed until they decide not to be. You have to un-doom yourself. It's easier said then done, but I believe it to be possible. The first thing you need to do is reboot.
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