conquer my fears

when life will offer you an opportunity-or what form it will take. One of my big fears is the fear of looking foolish. It keeps me from doing/trying so many things. I’ve recently been cast as Winnie-the-Pooh in a community theatre production and I gotta tell ya, WTP has no such fears. He just does what he does and enjoys life. So I’m rolling on the floor, climbing on things, crawling through other things, dancing around and singing-all things I would normally go to great lengths to avoid doing. But I’m taking a page out of Pooh’s book and not worrying about how I look—I’m just doing. And it’s pretty fun. This might turn out to be a great learning experience for me.

...the other night one of the local theatre groups had auditions for a play. I had planned to audition for several weeks, but when the time came, I told myself I didn’t really want to audition, I was too busy, I didn’t feel good…All true, but I really thought they were excuses. So I told myself, “You’re just feeling scared, and it’s okay to be scared, but let’s go anyway.” It’s not the audition itself that scares me, it’s walking in the door. It’s a big theatre, with 1000s of volunteers, so I never know if I will know anyone or not, and so my social anxiety arises. But I went and I did fine and yes, I knew several people. No word yet on whether I got a part. :>