Pithy quotes written in hot pink script. Video footage from late-night talk shows. Audio clips of live(ly) performances. The internet has attempted to celebrate Dolly Parton's memory with the volume and breadth befitting an icon.
Except there can never be enough for a person whose most adored trait was being too much. A living, breathing anomaly. Humble yet confident. Ambitious but kind. Petite and powerful. What made Dolly unique wasn't just that she did everything on her own terms and in her own way... but that her unapologetic approach actually worked.
From shading Elvis to building an amusement park in the Smoky Mountains, Dolly's principles guided her business acumen. It's almost as if her conviction carried her career... not the other way around.
Often in life, we spend so much time worrying about making the "right" decision that we forget why we're making it in the first place. For the intended result or for the enjoyment of the process? Ideally, both. Sometimes, the factors are so complex that decisions can't simply be influenced by fact. We gotta get into some feels.