that spark when ...

… you witness someone — Viola Davis or Michelle Yeoh, say, but honestly, it could be you; in fact, it could very realistically be you — keeping their head down, constantly doing the work, despite the naysayers, against all odds, even when the entire world says that what they’re doing will never amount to much. And then, because of their quiet persistence, suddenly their hard work begins to show results and people start to whisper about their success, and maybe that whisper turns into a roar — but they just keep their head down regardless, they keep on doing the work, because ultimately they know that no one could be happier or more pleased with the joy that doing the work brings them than themselves.