So many of us are not blessed with the abilities or assets we desire. We watch in frustration as others enjoy what we so ardently desire and we are left out. We wanted to be beautiful but Someone else got all the looks in the family. We wanted to be brilliant but our mind doesn't work the way we want. We wanted to Dance, but we have two left feet. We want to love God, but we cannot find him.
Others with these gifts blithely live their lives and never seem to appreciate their good fortune. They don't give thanks, give back or show any sign they appreciate the honor and responsibility they have to represent their kind.
The reason is they too have a desire and they too don't have the self confidence to pursue it, to overcome the obstacles.
The hardest tasks are the most satisfying achievements. You are looking at obstacles to that which you hold most precious, love, trust, art, beauty, truth. What is so sacred so precious to you that you are afraid to even touch it?
When you find a way to become equal to the task, then you're ready to hold that precious dream.
The real battles are always fought in the mind.
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Antonio Salieri: All I wanted was to sing to God. He gave me that longing... and then made me mute. Why? Tell me that. If He didn't want me to praise him with music, why implant the desire? Like a lust in my body! And then deny me the talent?
- Amadeus
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