I love you honey, but I just can't smile!

So, the day that we played this game in class, I learned so much! What Kashi said is so true..it's so much easier from the audience's point of view. It's really not so easy once you're up there. I thought it would take three tries tops, but I was definitely wrong. As I watched other people go before, I was starting to get nervous about how my turn would turn out. Kashi's positive advice was to not think and just do. She told us to just "let our bodies go." I thought this was going to be a bit of challenge from me, and I was scared that I was going to be too shy wtih my actions. However, when I got up there, I don't know what got into me. I don't think that I stopped for a second. Things just kept coming to me,and I was afraid to do anything. I didn't have time to think about whether or not those things were embarassing in front of the audience. (Not gonna lie, I would never be caught doing any of those things ever again in my ilfe!) I guess what happened was I just wanted to get Greg to smile that badly, and I was willing to do almost anything to get him to smile. I was glad that he wasn't such an easy target after all because that taught me a lot in class.

Another thing that I realized was when I got really close to poking his face. Everyone was saying that it looked like he smiled. Even if he did smile, I don't think that I wanted to be let off the hook that easily. It wouldn't have felt as rewarding. When he burst out into laughter, I felt much more successful than when he gave a little smirk, so I'm kind of glad that I stayed in for that long.

I think the most important lesson that I got out of this is that you can do whatever you set your mind to. That day in class, I said that I wanted to perform well in the fashion show. I really think that it helped to say it out loud because it made me re-evaluate what my objectives really are. Walking out of that class gave me much more support and comfort in the fashion show that night. =)

In a much bigger case (like becoming famous, for example ;]) it's still possible. No one can stop anyone else from fulfilling their dreams because it is up to their personal capabilities and beliefs to know that you can do anything that you set your mind to.

If I tell myself that I will become Chris Brown's back-up dancer in his next music video, and I truly believe and stick to it, I can make it come true!

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