The unanswered prayer: The power in not getting what you want | Nelly Kaakaty | TEDxUTD

I want you all to close your eyes and imagine with me what I looked like in the seventh grade. I know it's a it's a bold request, but just go with it for a second. glasses, braces, full mustache, and one very specific dream to make middle school show choir.I had practiced my heart out, jazz hands, ready, and I was fully and emotionally prepared to make my Broadway debut in a Texas middle school gym. Spoiler alert, I didn't make it. And when you're about 12, 13 years old, not making middle school show choir ...