Know Your Worth And Keep Going!

This post will be an aid to not only just dancers but to anyone who is having any problems with moving forward. In life, we're all going to hear multiple no's. However that no should not keep you from continuing to move on with your aspirations. Don't get me wrong, just hearing a single no can really me send into a downward spiral. I really had to learn the hard way of reassuring myself of my worth and choosing to move forward. I used to have the mentality for dance auditions that you only have one chance to accept me and if you choose to deny me, that'll be the last time you deny me ever again. The over confidence was too real. That formed after I first transferred to the University of Houston's Cougar Dolls. I walked in with confidence and it let me through the two day audition process for me to be cut right before they announced the team.I vowed that I'd never step foot into their audition again. I later on became friends with the captain and every year, she begged me to audition; but I wouldn't budge. It wasn't until I spoke to my therapist when she opened my eyes to the fact that life is obviously doesn't work that way. Sometimes there are things that you have to go for more than once. I used to believe that cliches were annoying and unrelatable. Whenever I heard, "when one door closes, another opens", I felt as if nothing else were to happen to me, or unless I was simply not paying attention to the blessings and opprotunities that eventually came my way. It wasn't until this past June when I auditioned for the Houston Rockets Power Dancers to get cut after the second round to put me into deep depression. Questioning my talent, my abilities, and my worth. A few months later, two months later I started receiving opportunities that I wouldn't have even thought of for me. In September, I opened up for a popular African artist Burna Boy. I never thought that I would have the chance to perform for my first concert in my home town. After that, I auditioned for Jaike Baldwin's "Glow" showcase. I started to feel the true love that I have for dance again. I say all this to say that the amount of no's doesn't define your talent or worth, but how you get up and dust yourself off promoted your growth and that the best reward ever. Even though I didn't make the Cougar Dolls, that rejection was the birth of my dream, to dance for Beyonce. I know that the process will be hard, but my growth and determination will carry me to my goal.