The tightrope walker begins
The trek across
A rope so thin.
The crowd below
Watch the show
Where will the tightrope walker go?
Does even she know?
Right foot, left foot,
Slowly across the rope
The audience cheers
So she is filled with hope.
Then the walker slips
And nearly falls
But the audience doesn't care
So to who can she call?
Back again, she steadies herself
And suddenly the audience sees
Because now her show,
To the audience, it pleases.
And then, just like that
She falls, plummeting down,
And no one even cared
To pick the tightrope walker off the ground.
Is it worth it to make everyone else happy when I am only torturing myself?
Are you doing what you are doing because you enjoy the challenge involved or is it just to gain other people's attention and admiration?
ReplyDeleteits not a challenge to do the actual task. the challenge is making it something i want to do when i never really wanted to. and what i am doing isnt gaining anyone's admiration or attention. like it says in the poem, i am basically ignored.
ReplyDeleteThat's tough. But you have to ask yourself why you are doing it. Doing something to gain attention will not make you happy in the long run...all the Hollywood stars are doing that and guess what?! They are depressed!!
ReplyDeleteDoing something because it's the right thing to do and because you really want to do it will make you happy.
You need to ask yourself, why don't I want to do it? Figure out what is holding you back and what can help you move forward. You know yourself best, better than anyone else. You know what motivates you and what holds you back from accomplishing and doing. If you think about what you want to do and why you want to do it, you can help yourself move forward...
And being ignored is a very hard thing to deal with...I wish I can help you with that! :- /