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Step into my Shoes…

The past year has definitely been one of the best years of my life. At the
peak of the Corona Virus pandemic, lockdown and online schooling, I
managed to discover something. It would have not been anything huge or
extravagant, but in my eyes, I did like to think of it like that. During the past
two years, I discovered myself, found what I loved to do and what I
wanted.

It all started at the beginning of last year. I developed a new interest, a
rather random but life-changing hobby, ballet. This interested me
because I had lots of friends who had done ballet, but I had never pictured
myself to be in those shoes. I was very fortunate to have supporting
parents who enrolled me into ballet and I couldn’t remember the last time
I had ever been that happy. Ever since then, I’ve spent countless hours
waltzing around my room, learning new tricks and perfecting each and
every step. I did start rather late, at the age of 13, but I really wanted to
attempt it and see how it would go. However, despite having my parents
and friends who encouraged me, there were obviously lots of people that
told me I would never succeed in dance, predominately due to how late I
started. This provided me with a reason to keep working harder, to prove
that I could do it.

I truly think that everyone has that one thing which has the ability to make
them feel like how I do when I dance, and if they don’t, chances are they
haven’t found it yet..

What I also find fascinating about this is that it does not always need to be
monitory gain or a magical love interest from out of a book or movie, like
people would always assume. Something so small can truly have the
biggest impact in your life.

I think for me, a constant fear that shadows me is failure in what I chose to
do. What if I don’t achieve what I wanted to? All of these thoughts run
through our minds, probably even on a daily basis, and it can be scary and
overwhelming. Overcoming these fears, however, can lead to the best
version of oneself. It is hard and it will always be, but nothing should ever
get in the way of what a person wants to do or what a person wants to be.