Accepting What IS.

Has there been a moment in your life that if you had decided on a different choice, your whole life would not be what you're currently living?

There's a 90's movie called "Sliding Doors" with Gwyneth Paltrow where one version of her character makes the train, and the other doesn't. I was in my mid 20's when it came out, and I was always fascinated with the "what if" versions of life.

I personally had a moment early in my dance life when I auditioned for legendary Twyla Tharp's dance company in 1995/ 1996 at the UCLA campus. I felt great at the audition. At the time, I was heavily into modern dance at school, along with freestyling at the clubs. Anything improvisational was my sh!t. And I knew I was one of the few that was comfortable enough to experiment in the modern dance world. Out of hundreds of dancers, I was selected down to only five female dancers to be asked to the callbacks.

The handful of us was told to get lunch and be back in the room by 2 pm. Unfortunately, I was not familiar with the UCLA campus and decided to drive somewhere off campus to get food. By the time I found somewhere to eat and started heading back, I realized I was going to be late. I did my best to be on time, but as my poor time management skills would have it, I did not make it on time.

Before I walked into the room, I knew my chances were over. I was not going to get the gig. Although I knew dancing for Twyla would not happen, I still showed up and finished the audition. 

I look back at my "Sliding Doors" moment and know my life would have been entirely different if I had made it on time that day. The opportunity to work with Twyla would have taken me to the East Coast, where my life would have been all things Broadway and concert dance.

Having this "what if" question makes me wonder how my life would have turned out if I had made it on time.

Maybe there's an alternate reality playing out where I'm living in NYC and having a fabulous time? Hmmm.

Regardless, I wouldn't trade this life for anything. I know this version of "Sliding Doors" is exactly as it is meant to be.

So here's to accepting what IS and loving it all.

With lots of LOVE,
Teresa

PS. As soon as I finished writing this post, I realized I had already written about this "Sliding Doors" moment in a previous post. Same story but different message if you're interested in reading it HERE.

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