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Every single one of us can do things that no one else can do can love things that no one else can love. We are like violins. We can be used for doorstops, or we can make music.

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Barbara Sher
Age: 84 †
Born: 1935
Born: August 14
Died: 2020
Died: May 10
Author
Essayist
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Detroit
Michigan
Every
Violins
Make
Violin
Things
Individuality
Love
Acceptance
Like
Single
Else
Used
Music

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Doing your own thing is a generous act. Being gifted creates obligations, which means you owe the world your best effort at the work you love. You too are a natural resource.
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Down deep we really know our worth, but we don't have easy access to that knowledge. We need to hear praise coming from outside ourselves or we won't remember that we deserve it.
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DO IT RIGHT, DO IT WRONG, BUT DO IT. Squeeze your eyes shut and jump. Because a wonderful thing happens then. Your focus shifts from yourself, your nervousness, and your imagined inadequacies to the task at hand.
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Not fulfilling your dreams will be a loss to the world, because the world needs everyone's gift - yours and mine.
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Sometimes life isn't about who you were or are, but it's about who you are becoming.
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