day45: just do your best ...

Let go of the idea of winning or losing. 

In the game of life, the most important thing is 

just showing up and doing your best.

Domonique Bertolucci

Work hard and always do your best. 

Note that I did NOT say be prefect, perfection is a trap 

(more of that topic on a later date).  

For today I want to remind you to always do your best, which will vary, day by day.  There will be days that you are exhausted and worried, and there will be days when you are energized and focused, so your behavior for each day will be different but don't judge yourself.  Just show up and do your best for that day, that class, that task, that moment, that is all you can ask of yourself.

Also, I know from personal experience, what a blessing it is to know you did your best! When a major life choice was questioned/challenged, it was exhilarating and reassuring to know in my heart that I had done my best!!!  

love, mom

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may this dress remind us of our unique expression . . .

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and there is only one of you in all time. This expression is unique, and if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium; and be lost. The world will not have it.

It is not your business to determine how good it is, not how it compares with other expression. It is your business to keep it yours clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open.

No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Martha Graham

Today's post was inspired by the haunting and beautiful performance that i experienced last night by artist Andrea Lucia! The evening was called "Eschaton" which is describes as a 

'journey of the voice through her appearances, disappearances, and the acts of othering herself.  Her becoming is sung, spoken, written, embodied, and revealed.  Throughout she is haunted by recurrent decreations. She unforeseeably grows a resurrecting power through her ability to gain freedom of motion.  As from the earth to the imagination, she gives of both her sound and silence to explore.'

Last night's performance was a wonderful example of putting everything out there!! So even though I have posted this quote before, as I searched for other quotes about expression, my heart kept returning to Martha Graham's words, as this quote depicts the quintessential spirit of last night!!

Thank you Andrea!!

Peace

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