Since the Winter Olympics is underway, this is the perfect time to post Surya Bonaly doing her back flip on ice. Judges used to underscore her and I loved that she did the backflip in her last performance before retiring as a big FU to the establishment.
🚨 ONE WORD WAS HOLDING HER BACK - HER BROTHER TOOK IT AWAY
“Maybe.”
It’s the same word she used every time she doubted herself.
Maybe school isn’t for me.
Maybe I’m not smart enough.
Maybe this isn’t my path.
So her brother gives her a stethoscope - with that word engraved on it - and makes her remember the other call.
The one where she cried because she got accepted into nursing school.
Then he says the sentence that ends it completely:
“Maybe has no power over you.”
Years of self-doubt cut off in real time.
You can see it land.
What word has been holding you back?