You Gotta Have Heart

    I have a question for you. What is important to you? As a human being what do you personally find important? What do you let get brushed aside and when do you decide that you need to fight for what is right?

    Alright, I know that was more than one question, but they are all related. When it comes to your passion, how involved can you be until you have gone too far?
 
    I know that in my world and the world of my peers, Theatre becomes the most important thing because that is our passion and we immerse ourselves in it. In a previous post I touched upon this topic and realized that when it comes to life or Theatre all of it is just stuff. The fight you get into with your significant other or parent or sibling, the clothes you just have to have, finding the perfect diet, always needing to be right, the fame, the glory, the acceptance, having your own stapler... I am sorry to tell you, but it is all just stuff. What is important? In life? In the Arts? Well, what is important to me in life is laughing, singing randomly, my family,chocolate, my close friends and when it comes to the Arts telling the story and being able to work as a team on and offstage is so important.

     I fear that our world is starting to get into the stuff aspect of it all. I think it is important to constantly remind yourself why you are doing what you are doing. That constant reminder is what we need. Are you doing it solely  for yourself? Are you doing it for others? Are you doing it for fame? Are you doing it because you can't imagine doing anything else? Why are you doing what you are doing? Answer these questions regularly to help keep your motives positive and engaged.

     I know why I am doing what I do. I know that it keeps me strong and focused and I know what is important to me. I know that people don't need the glitz and the glamor and fame to have an amazing show or live a great life. It is all about the heart and the right intentions behind each choice that we make. Just like the song says from Damn Yankees:

 "You've gotta have heart
All you really need is heart
When the odds are sayin' you'll never win
That's when the grin should start."

     If you know what you want and you know what you believe and you have the right support behind you, than you will not fail. Live your life the way you want to live it and do not let anyone tell you different. We are all here doing the same thing, but what separates us from one another  is how we go about doing what we do and what intentions we have behind each motive.

 Live with heart, live with hope and live with self awareness.