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There was once a young ballerina who had taken ballet lesson all through her childhood. She wanted to be a prima ballet dancer but she wanted to be sure that she had the talent. When a ballet company came to town, she went backstage after the performance and spoke to the ballet master.
“I want to be a great ballet dancer but I don’t know if I had the talent” she said.
“Dance for me” the master said. After a minute or two, he shook his head and said “No, no, no, you don’t have what it takes to be a great ballerina.”
The young woman went home heartbroken. She tossed the ballet slippers into the closet and never wore them again. Instead she got married, had children. When the kids were old enough, she took a part time job manning a cash register at a corner shop.
Years later, the same ballet company came into town. She attended it and on the way out, she ran into the same old ballet master who was then in his eighties. She reminded him that they had spoken before. She showed him photos of her children and told him about the corner shop job that she is doing now. And then she asked “There is just one thing that really bothered me. How could you tell me that I didn't have what it takes to be a great ballerina?”
“Oh, I barely look at you when you danced, that’s what I told all of them who came to me” he said.
“But…but, that’s unforgivable! You have ruined my life, I could have been a great ballet dancer!” she cried.
-Author Unknown-
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So whose fault was it? The old ballet master or the budding ballerina or both of them?
Please leave a comment..I would love to hear your views. Thanks.
Anonymous Believe against belief. hope against hope. sweet victory when you we prove the naysayers wrong.