Get up.

So life is going alright.  I can't stop being tired, but it's the schoolwork.  I'm going to spend all weekend reading I swear.  I'm not even exaggerating.  Also, I haven't been skating since Tuesday, because the tendonitis in my achilles tendon...surpriseee...is terrible.  It's been really swollen and keeps popping.  Sooo, we all decided it was better to take some time off now rather than snap something and be off...for a year. Good decision?...I concur.  I sent my skates to get reinforced at least while I wait for my new ones to come in.  Kyle and I have been very productive though in searching for music and coming up with new lifts. :)
I just came home from the premiere of Rise, the film about the 1961 crash and loss of the United States World Figure Skating Team.  It was so beautiful, sad, inspiring, and memorable.  It taught of the legacy of figure skating and how even at it's lowest time, it found it's way back up.  Skating is an amazing sport, and the film reminded me of how wonderful it is.  It captured every part of it, and I literally cried during it.   That says a lot though, because I never ever cry during movies.  I basically never cry.

Today in my Theater class, the Professor had us partner up with someone and one of us had to act out the wolf from Little Red Riding Hood and the other had to be Little Red Riding Hood.  For the first few minutes we all laughed and would growl and then laugh again as the other one would scream in fear like a little girl.  The professor stopped us and gave us an actually really touching speech.  Most may not think it’s touching..but it applies  to so much more than just acting.  It applies to everything in life.  He told us that this is our moment.  Every moment we live is ours to capture and it has to come from deep inside.  We don’t live in our minds, we live in our bodies.  The minute we think “Oh my god I look so dumb right now”….is the minute you wasted not being the best.  Just say "Thank you mind for your input. Can I get back to being awesome?" You have to be fully invested in everything you do and everything you want.  The film Rise tied in so perfectly!  I know, I know..with my acting class..what the hell is she talking about?  Well,  in Rise, Scott Hamilton spoke of his mother, who died of cancer.  He said that the most important thing he learned from her is that we are all put on this earth for only a certain, short amount of time.  It was his goal to make the most of every minute, and waste nothing.  I don’t know if you’ve heard, but he won the Olympics.  Success does not come easy, but it comes to those who do everything with purpose.  It comes to those who put on a smile when they want to cry, those who show up to the rink when they just want to stay home, or those who ferociously act like a belligerent wolf or ditzy little red riding hood while their mind tells them how embarrassing it is.  I know Rise was to honor the team lost in the crash and tell their story, which was so touching.  However, it also instructed such conviction.  Life is so uncanny, and you never know who will hurt you or what will happen.  Not everyone gets to live out their chances to succeed.  If you want something, get it.  If you fall, get up.  If you fail, try again.   If you’re hurt, keep moving forward.   Do it for you.