Attracted to talent; attracted to brains; attracted to energy; attracted to compassion! I have always been blown away by people who actually accomplish things and do so without compromising themselves.
These successful people do not "blame others" when they sometimes fail; when their efforts don't succeed. They do not "curse the wind" for bringing them ill will or bad luck. They make their own luck and eventually succeed because they are steadfast in their abilities, their hard work, and their focus.
My wonderful surrogate daughter Tosha is now engaged in a "great and scary project," testing whether that woman (or any woman), so educated and so talented, can long resist. She has met -- on a battlefield of that project -- an older, more cynical and savvy man -- who is inclined to use her for his own purposes. Can she get past these very human obstacles and still succeed in producing and directing (and perhaps even acting) according to her own principles. Or will she be used, for good or ill, to glorify and substantiate the "legacy" of another -- the older, the wiser, the more cynical, the more desperate. May the gods of theatre keep her talent intact, her reasoning sure, and her heart (as always) in the right place.
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