Captain of my own ship

       I leave for Disneyland tomorrow and I am very excited! This trip marks the start of my amazing summer. I will be going on fun trips here and there and teaching my very first acting class! As I start to prepare for that I find myself feeling so thankful for the life that I have lived so far. For all the complaining I do sometimes I really do realize that I am a very very very lucky girl. I have been given so many great opportunities and those opportunities have made me the person I am today. As I think back on my life thus far I think of what it was exactly that helped me grow and figure out who I am. Really only one thing comes to my mind and that is Young REP. I have been doing Young REP since I was twelve years old and I have had some amazing teachers and mentors along the way. I had really great training for not only my theatre work but also for my life. I grew as an artist and person along with my peers who I still keep in contact with. I made real friendships there and I treasure them in a different way I do others. I feel honored that I get to pass on what I have learned from Young REP  this summer with my own class and try to inspire them in the same way I was inspired. 
      Life is so funny, it really is just so funny. Lately I have found myself transitioning and changing into somebody. I am going to be somebody. A while ago, my sister met a psychic that helped her in her life, I met her and when she met me she told me that I didnt know my full potential., that I didnt know what I was capable of. At the time I laughed about it, but now that a few years have passed I find myself agreeing completely with what she said. I didnt know all that I could do, I still dont even know if I do, but I am starting to understand a little more each day. I really am capable of a lot, I just need to buckle down and focus.  This is where my Young REP training will come in handy. I need to prepare as much as I can and work as hard as I can and then let go and see what happens.  "Conscious preparation for an unconscious result." (Jim Kirkwood) I am excited for the many adventures that are awaiting me. It makes all the sorrow, all the friendships lost and all the grief I am dealing with seem like nothing. I am the Captain of my own ship ad now it is time to sail away and GO.