Posted
on November 2, 2015
To
be famous enough for something like Wikipedia, you have to be really
good at one thing.
And
to be really good at one thing, you need to work hard at that thing.
Marion
Jones, born on this date in 1879, worked hard enough at tennis that
she won women's singles titles in two U.S. Tennis
Championships and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of
Fame.
She was even the first American woman to win an Olympic
“distinction” – there were no medals at that point in Olympic
history.
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| These photos showed the clothing women wore while playing tennis in the late 1800s and the "Turn of the Century." Hard to imagine, isn't it? |
The
thing I found interesting is that, after Jones married Robert D.
Farquhar and raised three children, she became a coach. But she
didn't become a tennis coach, which is totally what I would've
expected! Instead, she became a voice coach. She was living in New
York City, and she became well known as a violinist as well as a
voice coach, and she translated opera librettos, and she even headed
the New York Chamber Opera for a while.
Isn't
that cool? Marion Jones Farquhar became well known in two completely
unrelated fields!
Strive
for balance...
Most
of us will never make it to Wikipedia; we will never be that level of “well-known” in even one field, let alone two.
But we can all try to
maintain a balance in our lives. We can all make or enjoy music, AND
participate in some sort of performing or visual art, AND continue to
learn new things, AND play a sport or pursue some other form of
exercise.
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