tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post7587067346410362146..comments2023-04-07T10:27:50.934-05:00Comments on Xanboni: Apathy: Ice Show Day 2Alexandrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04087069977867729538noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-91283037316320585172011-05-23T13:10:12.485-05:002011-05-23T13:10:12.485-05:00I get apathetic at my job. I think most people do ...I get apathetic at my job. I think most people do at one time or another. For me, it's when I feel like nothing is working and I'm not making any difference or having any impact on what I'm doing (I work in admin).<br /><br />But you make a huge difference to dozens of kids every day. As long as the kids are smiling, you did a brilliant job! And if they're not smiling right that second, they and their parents will smile about it in the days, weeks, months and years to come.Turniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786065913398551779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-466093691926458332.post-25317736104052516372011-05-21T23:53:53.250-05:002011-05-21T23:53:53.250-05:00The word you're looking for isn't Apathy, ...The word you're looking for isn't Apathy, it's Acceptance. Acceptance that things are not always perfect, or precisely how we want them or think they should be. In the real world, obstacles like budget and time and skill get in the way of our ideals of absolute perfection. This is true for every show, anywhere, happening all over the world, right now. Real people, real performers, real troupers shake off the shit and keep going, with the audience never even knowing that a cue was off, or someone's prop was gone, or what have you. Bottom line, this is a pagaent situation. Any kid who ever hopes to have any future in competitive skating needs to learn to suffer the shit and shine all the same. Pre-Alpha girls with the funky number, to the Olympic Hopeful wearing glorified pajamas, this is the stuff mettle is made of. Anyone who can't take it needs to get out now, because I'm willing to bet that it only gets worse from here. <br /><br />Apathy? No volunteer is Apathetic. They are Passionate. The trick is to align your passion with reality. Godspeed.Skate Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14099319126365762647noreply@blogger.com