the bathroom ready to go. Your performance will take different directions during the day: you care for your children, you drive to work, you make love, you walk your dog, you kiss your loved ones, you have breakfast, you practice your instrument, you have a meeting, you write your reports, you heal, you teach, you contact your mother, you prune the garden, you cook, you volunteer, you build a house, you fix a washing machine... and the list goes on and on and on. Whatever you do, you know you are
Take a Bow
doing the best you possibly can. Always. Even if you know it was not the best you could have done on a certain occasion, remember that, at that time, circumstances prevented you from doing what you usually
do; therefore, you really did the best you could. There is no escaping that. Doing the best you can is a universal law just like gravity. So, at the end of the day, when your curtain is coming down,
to portray other people’s. Every night and twice a day during weekends, these people
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will give you the best performance they possibly can. Granted, some performances are excellent, some quite satisfactory, and some mediocre; nevertheless, they are mostly the best the ac- tors can do at the time. Among other things, actors love to be appreciated for what
they do. And the expression of this appreciation is an ovation. Actors love to be applauded. The exhilaration of seeing the curtain up and down and those in the audience smiling and applauding is unparalleled. The actor takes a bow, which says: “Thank you for appre-
ciating what I have given you.” Now, what if you are an actor performing your life?
Each day you have an act to perform, which is simply your
daily living. Contrary to the theatre or film actor, you don’t have to strip off your personality. You are what you are. You do what you do. There is not need to put on a façade and pretend to be someone else. You get up and get ready for your performance. You leave
cting is one of the utmost expressions of giving of oneself. More so than their film counterparts, theatre actors will strip off their personality and their daily life experiences
remember your audience. Who were they? What great things did you do for them? Were they clients? Your children? Mother Earth? Your parents? The plants? The animals? Your students? Your patients? Your co-workers? How many beings have you touched today because of your performance? On the other hand, how many people have touched you
because of their performances? Have you applauded them at the end of their act? And have they given you an ovation at the end of yours? It really feels great to be appreciated. But you need to
appreciate first. Sure enough, when you applaud, people will return the applause. So, before your final curtain of the day, make sure to applaud those who are next you. And when it is your turn, stand in front of them or look at yourself in the mir- ror, smile and take a bow.
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