Grace_Voyages
Up until very recently, I've been wondering about what my life would have been like if I had tried harder in figure skating and pursued it instead of academics. For me, academics has always come before skating, so pursuing a career in figure skating wouldn't have been an option anyways. But still, when I do skate these days, my coaches always tell me that I could have been an amazing skater if I had kept going. (My coaches have coached world championships competitors and olympic medalists, so their words mean a lot to me.) However, in the light of voyages and new beginnings, I've decided that if I work as hard as I can at anything, I can live a different dream from the ones I had to give up on, but make it just as fulfilling; I can make it my own, and perhaps this dream that I end up living will be the dream of someone else out there, so I can appreciate this fact and be satisfied with myself.
Favorite image statement: This photo is my favorite because it is so vivid with the snow on the surface of the ice and the tiny puddles of water. My fingers look tense and are trying to grasp the ice, which portrays the idea that the dream I'd want to live (being a figure skater) would be just as difficult, and maybe even harder, than the one I am living right now. Greatness always requires hard work and sacrifices, so whichever life path I am on right now, as long as I keep doing my best, it will be just as difficult. Nothing is ever as glamorous as it seems.
