In college, I took several theatre classes. I love performing and the performing arts in general. I teach drama, have acted in community theatre productions, and when I was younger, I watched all the awards shows on television and fantasized about winning either an Oscar, Tony or Emmy. When I dreamed about winning when I was really young, it was as a performer, but as I got older--and fatter--my dream switched to winning not as an actress but as a writer. And who knows? That still could happen, although I would have to start writing screenplays rather than novels...
In order to be eligible to win any award, one must be in the competition, right? I'm never going to win an Oscar for a great movie unless I actually write one. I couldn't win a Tony unless I was in a play on Broadway or an Emmy unless I was on television. Well, the same is true in our lives. We're never going to win unless we get in on the competition.
William Shakespeare (oh, how I love him) said "All the world's a stage and all the men and women merely players." Are you a player in your own life? Or are you sitting in the audience watching the action from the comfy, but limited, front row. Or are you standing in the wings, waiting for...waiting for...well, waiting for what exactly? Waiting to lose ten pounds? Waiting for your kids to graduate high school? For your partner to achieve his or her dream? Seriously, waiting for what? You do not win an acting award if you aren't on stage, folks! You can call yourself an actor if you're standing in the wings, but at the end of the show, the flowers are presented to the actual performers, not to those standing by in case the lead actor can't go on. And those people in the audience? All they have to show for their time is a playbill and a ticket stub.
So, it's time to decide. Are you in the audience? In the wings? Or on the stage? When all is said and done, are you in the competition? Because you can't win an Oscar sitting at home! Have a terrific Tuesday, and thanks for reading!
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