by Susan Polis Schutz
Get to know yourself - what you can do
and what you cannot do -
for only you can make your life happy
Believe that by working, learning and achieving
you can reach your goals and be successful
Believe in your own creativity as means of expressing your true feelings
Believe in appreciating life
Be sure to have fun every day and to enjoy
the beauty in the world
Believe in love
Love your friends, your family, yourself and your life
Believe in your dreams
and your dreams can become a reality.
In a Chinese modern dance competition on TV, one very unique couple won one of the top prizes. Here's their story ...
The lady, in her 30's, was a dancer who had trained since she was a little girl. Later in life, she lost her right arm in an accident and fell into a state of depression for a few years. Someone then asked her to coach a Children's dancing group. She realized that she could not forget dancing. She still loved to dance and wanted to dance again.
That was her turning point, she started to do some of her old routines, but having lost her arm, she had also lost her balance. It took a while before she could even make simple turns and spins without falling.
Then she heard of a man in his 20s who had lost a leg in an accident. He had also fallen into denial, anger and depression, an emotional roller coaster.
She was determined to find him and persuade him to dance with her.
He had never danced. Therefore, to "dance with one leg .... are you joking with me? No way!" was his reply.
She didn't give up, and he reluctantly agreed thinking, "I have nothing else to do anyway."
She started to teach him dancing. The two broke up a few times because he had no concept of using muscle, how to control his body and knew none of the basic things about dancing.
When she became frustrated and lost patience with him, he would walk out. Eventually, they came back together and started training seriously.
They hired a choreographer to design routines for them. She would fly high (held by him) with both arms (a sleeve for an arm) flying in the air. He could bend horizontally with just one leg supported by his walking stick with her leaning on him, etc. In the competition, as you will see, they dance beautifully and they legitimately won the competition. "
ALL IN YOUR MIND
