"But maybe it doesn't have to be quite so full of anguish
if you never happened to believe, in the first place,
that the most extraordinary aspects of your being came from you.
But maybe if you just believe that they are on loan to you
from some unimaginable source for some exquisite portion of your life
to be passed along when you're finished, with somebody else.

don't be afraid.
don't be daunted.
just do your job.
continue to show up for your piece of it, whatever that might be.
if your job is to dance, do your dance.

if the divine, cockeyed genius assigned to your case
decides to let some sort of wonderment be glimpsed for just one moment
through your efforts, then "ole".

And if not, do your dance anyhow.
and ole to you nonetheless,
just for having the sheer human love and stubborness
to keep showing up."

-Elizabeth Gilbert

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