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I love sharing my story. It’s endlessly healing.

Ben Vereen

Sometimes we look for those thunderous things to happen in our life for our lives to change or go in the other direction. We seek the miracle. We seek the parting of the seas, the moving of the mountains. But no, its a quiet thing. At least for me it was.
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Change Moving Sea
You’ve got to make haste while it’s still light of day. My godmother used to say, I don’t want to rust out, I just want to work out. If you stand still long enough, people will throw dirt on you.
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Light Long People
I go to my grandchildren. They keep their grandpa informed on what’s going on.
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Going Grandchildren Grandpa Keep
The stage sharpened my creative instrument and encouraged me to go deeper and try new things.
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Creative Stage Trying
Live stage is being made as you go along. You feel the energy. There’s nothing like a live audience.
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Energy Made Stage
I used to dance, but now I only move.
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Dance Moving Used
The theater was my first training ground. It taught me discipline, dedication and appreciation of hard work.
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Appreciation Dedication Hard Work
At the end of the day, give up your worries and give thanks for the journey.
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Giving Gratitude Journey
I didn’t know who Langston Hughes was till he met me backstage.
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Backstage Knows Mets
As I laid in the hospital bed I started thinking that I had a show to do. I was hoping the Doctor would put me together so I could do the show.
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Doctors Thinking Together
Our creator says, ‘Here’s your birth and here’s your death’ – and the rest are the things you learn on your journey. This was my experience – and the choice is, I can lay in the misery, or choose to learn from it and move on.
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Choices Journey Moving
The death of my daughter is a subject I talk about briefly because there is nothing more tragic.
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Daughter Mother Tragic
Nine years after I had my own accident, I find that in trying to go back to doing those things that I used to do just doesn’t fit. Everything seems to just fall apart. I don’t know why but I think it is because I am this new creature.
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Fall Thinking Years
I love sharing my story. It’s endlessly healing.
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Endlessly Healing Stories
Everyone I’ve worked with has been good. You learn from the good, what’s good, and you learn from the bad what not to do.
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Everyone Good Learn
I coach young people. I have a group called BTP – Broadway Theatre Project.
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Broadway Theatre Groups People

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