Emphasis Preaching Journal

My niece wants to be a dancer. At least, she thinks she wants to be a dancer. Her mother enrolled her in dance class when she was only four years old. It was fun in the beginning -- buying leotards, practicing with her little friends, being in afternoon recitals. As time passed, my niece began to realize that being a dancer involved work -- a lot of it! It took discipline to work out at the bar every day. It meant daily practice whether her muscles cramped or not. The older she gets, the more she realizes that success requires the necessary preparation.