Listening to a sports (wrestling) radio show the other day and the incredible "wax sa xalat" music show today got me to the common observation that our people with special abilities and talents are generally dissatisfied, and for right reason too, because even though we say we do appreciate them, our actions are not making them feel appreciated.
Personally, I just want to let you know that your feeling is understandable. The best of performers are those who are valued most, especially by their own people. I tell people that the reason why brand America is prevailing is because every American is involved in the branding of America. They believe in their own, and that is why every American is proud to say he's American.
But tell you what? If your happiness is going to depend on encouragement from folks ayard, you will be needlessly discouraged, because most of us have this weird thing for everything from foreign, and that's a challenge we must accept in order to move on. Even those who have been in your shoes, and by God were able to overleap this hurdle tend to feel happier working with international than local collaborators, and that's not just a showbiz or sports thing, it's an everywhere thing, including corporate circles where no matter how brilliant your ideas are, they won't make any sense to folks unless validated by some consultant from foreign.
For my part, the solution is to encourage yourself, knowing the disservice it will be to you and to your talent to sit and expect a society like ours to build the type of world you want. You have to believe that you have everything it should take to create that world yourself. So whilst hoping that someday, we will be good at jump-starting our own, work towards making yourself, because right now, it is only success that attracts wide support not how industrious you're seen to be in your efforts.
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