KARLA TALLAS - SHARED TREASURES HARD ROCKER | Page 13

Doro & Warrel Dane, Düsseldorf 2008
just secretly dreaming of. I mostly managed to
make these things happen on my own without
nepotism or being favored by people in high
positions. I needed to go through this experience
to also realize this limited background, where I
have never really fit in, is not the place I wanted
to spend the rest of my life. And it didn’t mean
losing all my love for the country where I was
born. I went through a big rebellious phase
where I fought against everything. I tried to
escape and move abroad. I wished to forget it
all, but when I calmed down, I understood this
model was not going to work out. I stayed during
the “dark” times in Prague and the only thing
that was important to me was finding a way
back to myself. I learned about the importance
and impact on my life of the lesson by the name
of HARD ROCKER. I was able to manage a huge
test from destiny. I allowed my competition to
push me into a corner for some time, but I never
let them cause me to identify myself with their
game and behave and act the same way as they
do. I’m sure to this day they haven’t understood
what kind of impact they had on me in reality.
If I hypothetically think about the original plan
working out the way I wished at the start of
magazine, I would never have tried to succeed
anywhere else.
I’m thankful to everyone who considered
me their enemy and who ever had a need to
invest more energy in my defeat than to wisely
use it developing their own project in a more
creative and effective way. Their fear helped me
understand how strong a competitor I was to
them. Thanks to that, I have been able to turn
every negative experience to my advantage.
Instead of using the tools of rage, revenge and
stagnation, I used my loneliness to work on my
own potential and create brand new possibilities
for myself.
Reality is very often different than it appears
from the outside. What we call evil is, in many
situations, not coming to hurt us, but just to
kick our ass. This recognition needs time,
patience, passion, devotion and power to hold
on and not give up, no matter what!
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