Open Letter To Highly Inspiring Artists And Elite Athletes

Thank you!

Thank you! For all your hours of dedication and all your track and toil in blood, sweat and tears. For all of the unseen daily grind and minutiae. Your fashion, form and flow toward the light blazes an unforgettable path of excellence in craft and in all areas in life.

And thanks to your supportive family, friends and mentors. All your loved ones! They help to ground and guide you — every step of the way. And fuel that fire in your heart; that passion and purity.

Elite Athletes, you have shown us how to blend sport with art. Your careful observance of hindsight and your anticipated foresight are woven into this very moment of awareness with perfect clarity.

You make it all look so easy! You have done your job well. You execute hard-cutting milestones with grandeur and grace.

You set the bar high!

You find a goal that is out of reach. You ask the question, “What if?” And you set forth to attain it. At times you may falter; you may fall down hard. But you pick yourself up and get back in the game. Your daily efforts compound to build a rope ladder to the highest and widest Amazonian tree. No matter the season nor the temperament of winds - your footing remains steady and strong. Onward you climb.

When you touch the sky you look around in wonder and in sheer gratitude. In the gentle breeze of nature’s song; in the kaleidoscope of colour after the rain — you catch a fragment; a glimpse of your next plateau.

You wake us from our atrophy and unhealthy patterns. You help us break from our molds and shake off the dust as we leave mediocrity behind.

By doing all this you have invited us all to join you in the quest for excellence for personal betterment and professional accomplishment. You inspire us to compete with ourselves, to become better at who we are and what we do. Then we inspire others to pass on that flame.

Keep doing what you do!

I sincerely thank you.

~ Hannah Ellie