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When You Feel Like Things Will Never Work Out
The success story of a woman who felt the same way.
Once upon a time, a very normal girl was born in a very normal Jewish family in Israel.
Nothing about her was special. Or maybe everything about her was special. All in all, she was no different from any of us.
She liked to dance, and she spent a few years learning ballet, hip hop and jazz. She did great at school and played basketball a lot.
Normal, normal, normal.
Life gives you an unexpected push.
When she turned 18, she had an opportunity to participate in a beauty pageant.
Eyeroll.
The young girl didn’t really want a career as a model, but she had some free time on her hands. All Israelians, even the women, go through mandatory two-year military service, and that wasn’t happening for a while.
She thought it would be a fun way to pass the time, so she agreed.
Then something happened that I’m sure has happened to all of us at some point in our lives. Life gives…