I watched this wonderful video on TED Talks this morning and it was music to my ears, a breath of fresh air, a bundle of lovely cliches that say, “I feel good.” Elizabeth Gilbert is the author of Eat, Pray, Love and she talks about the frightening reactions she’s been getting from people since the “freakish success” of Eat, Pray, Love. I wrote yesterday about closing my last show and the end of my streak of acting gigs. It’s a bittersweet ending. And I do feel some fear or some apprehension when I think I might not get that energy back. Finding this video today was an encouraging bit of synchronicity
Opportunity is knocking and I would rather not answer the door. In other words fear, resistance and sheer laziness are always lurking in the shadows. It always seems easier to not put myself “out there” than it is to walk through the door of opportunity and greet the unknown. Avoidance always appears to be the easy way out. But I know from experience that living in “the numb” created by my avoidance is ultimately more painful than pushing past my fears. And still I go through this internal push-me/pull-me dance every time I start something new. For me, it takes effort and will to make creativity a habit. I’m acting in a film now. We start shooting on Monday. Yikes!
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