Do Hard Things.

This was our conversation in dance class today with our teacher, Jilissa.

Jilissa: Ballet isn't normal. For some reason, King Louis xiv made people learn it and do it. I think he was a little crazy... anyway, does anyone know why he had them do it? Or really, why we dance ballet? Why do we do it?
Me: Because we're crazy?
Jilissa: Well... yes, but why do we do it?
Sarah: Because it's pretty
Jilissa: Yes, that too... but think about it. It's a challenge. And I really think we do it for the challenge. Because if it was easy, there wouldn't be anything in it for us. What would be the fun of it? I think we, as people, like something that's gonna challenge us.

Here we go folks.
If life was easy, what would be the point in it?
If everything was given to us, what would we even accomplish?
Accomplish would be a pointless word... There would kinda be no such thing.
We need the challenge. We need to strive for things. We need to have life smack us in the face, sometimes. To be unsure, to experience fear and look it right in the eye and tell it, "you don't own me."
It's liberating. It's empowering.
If we were giving everything, we'd never feel the need to change the world. We'd never feel capable of success. Because we wouldn't need it.

Face hardships head on.
It won't last forever
But it makes victory worth it.
Work hard now so when you dance, it's beautiful.

(and if you feel a little crazy, it's normal ;) )