Always Auditioning

I got this poster that had this quote on it when I was a child. It made me confused. I didn’t get what it meant. I hung it up anyway because I was so proud I won it at a fair, but I really didn’t get it. I thought it was a misprint. … how fortelling ..
Ironically, this is something I struggle with - fully loving myself. I know myself pretty well, but there is still a lot I don’t know and don’t understand. The biggest one is how I am not one who wants to go out and party all the time. When I do go out, I have a good time. I do. But there are VERY FEW times when I want to be out so late.
I may have mentioned this before - I am a morning person. There are very few morning people in this business. In fact, it is more common to find nocturnals in show business. I am not one of them. It’s so easy to feel alone and find an excuse to feel alone. It can be addictive to surround yourself with self pity. How miserable. I don’t want anything to do with self pity. I am too good for it. And so are you. It would be understandable why I would feel “alone,” but where is that going to get me? You may have a different reason to feel sorry for yourself or wallow in self pity, but it is only detrimental to yourself and your career. How can you be at your best when you don’t embrace everything you see in the mirror.
So, now that I go over this quote that didn’t make sense to me years ago, I get it. I do. Now I’m working on applying it … just as you should. Why is it so wrong to like yourself for who you are?