A Metaphor of Epic Proportions and a Recent Thought or Two.

A metaphor of epic proportions.

Everyone's heard the little cheesy saying, "All the world's the stage..." Well, I've been thinking about that phrase, and I think it's true. The world is a stage, and we're all just actors in it. We each get our own character, and background story. We each get our moment to shine, our own "spotlight" at some point. Some people are better actors than others, some struggle to memorize lines, just as some people struggle to survive in life. Something I've realized recently, mostly because of the end of another school year, the end of the year, like the end of the run of a show, is sad, but it's never too sad, because you're not really saying "goodbye", it's more of "until next show" or in school, "until next fall". Doing multiple shows, you're position, or character is constantly changing, just like you must as you grow up. You grow and change. You meet new people in each phase of life, just like you meet new people during your next show. Yes, some of the people are the same, but there's always someone you don't know. There are so many different ways I can relate theatre to "life".

A recent thought or two.

A wise friend once told me "sometimes you have to let go of the things you love." I've been trying to wrap my mind around this concept. It doesn't seem to logically make sense. If you love something, why would you let it go? I mean, I guess somethings you have to, you're forced to, but why would you willingly give up something you love? Her response would have been "... to let it grow, and be what it is" or something along those lines. And she's probably right. I guess it's one of those really hard things in life that you don't really want to do but know you must. I'm having a really hard time letting go of a few things, I'm trying really hard to though. A recent event (for lack of a better word) has made me see that I really do need to let go, I need to, but a part of me still doesn't want to. It's a horrible dilemma. Knowing you need to do something, but not wanting to, or not being able to. I guess part of me thinks that letting go is losing the little bit of it that I still have, and I don't want to lose it. When you cherish something so much it takes a lot of work to let it go. But I'm going to try. I'm determined to put forth an effort and be strong enough to let go. Hopefully things will work out for the best. And even if they don't, that's okay, too. I'm just going to keep asking God to guide me along my "journey".