My figure skating coach
once told me
that the sign
of a great figure skater
was she made skating
look easy.
The truly great
do this.
They make very difficult tasks
look easy.
In the November/December
The Costco Connection,
Astronaut Chris Hadfield
shares
“On paper,
my career trajectory looks preordained:
engineer, fighter pilot,
test pilot, astronaut.
Typical path for someone
in this line of work,
straight as a ruler.
But that’s not how it really was.
There were hairpin curves
and dead ends
all the way along.
I wasn’t destined
to be an astronaut.
I had to turn myself into one.”
Just because something looks easy
doesn’t mean it IS easy.
Even the truly great
have to work.