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Balancing as a WE.....
is indeed an artform as you have shown with that eloquent and beautiful poem, Dien.
I am working on recrafting a few words on this article, but thought it is a story that is begging to be told here. Please enjoy it, as it speaks to much of what we are growing towards here.Become Engaged (c) 2000 Julie Jordan Scott "The hunger of love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread"are the words of Mother Theresa, begging humanity to become engaged with each other. Not relating solely on the surface, but in a way that is meaningful and lasting. Nurturing the soul of its need for connection. The word "engaged" naturally births connectivity. Being engaged to be married is the final stage before a lifetime together. It is the time in preparation for the next step: commitment of the most serious kind. Engagement describes a state of readiness or intense preparation. Promise. It is a pledge or guarantee, an awareness that the realization of something grand is immediately on the horizon. Micah, my acting teacher, speaks of being "in the moment" in acting. Being so completely engaged in the performance that nothing can interfere with the magic being woven on stage. It is when the emotions are so thick and full they are tangible. Remember an especially moving moment in a movie or a play you have seen recently. The character being portrayed and the actor portraying him have become inextricably intertwined. Nothing could distract the laser like focus from delivering an award winning performance. At age eight my daughter Katherine has had the privilege of acting on numerous occasions in professional live theatre. Twice she shared the stage with a gifted and talented actor named Kenne Dean. Katherine played Gretl von Trapp in the Sound of Music when she was 5. Kenne played the Captain, her father. This past December, Katherine cut her hair and portrayed Tiny Tim in the Christmas Carol. Kenne played opposite her as Ebenezer Scrooge. I observed Kenne as he would slowly become the character he portrayed. As I braided and plaited Katherine's hair as she became Gretl, I would hear the glorious tones of Kenne's voice as he became Captain von Trapp. As I gathered Katherine's crutch and decidedly boyish wardrobe to depict Tiny Tim, I would occassionally see Kenne preparing to become Scrooge, he walked differently, and used an English accent. It started subtly, yet by the time he shuffled on stage muttering "Humbug!" he had transformed into Scrooge. Kenne was fully embracing the characters he was portraying. He paid utmost attention to detail. He listened in the depth of his being and responded by weaving himself into the character. He was alive, alert, aware and engaged at every subtle level of his very being. He was still Kenne, but he was also in relationship not only with Scrooge or the Captain, but also in relationship with the audience. How are you weaving yourself into relationships? Engaging with other people to support each other as you compliment each other, each reaching higher levels than you thought possible? Are you nurturing and nourishing humanity by participating in or creating community in your workplace, neighborhood or family? If you were not in the picture, your thread was not there, what would unravel? What gaps would be left? Where would there be a vacuum or void with no one to fill it? People crave connection. People long for a place to fit in. People want to have a "Cheers" environment where everyone not only knows their name, but both accepts their misgivings and encourages them into greatness. At a time when Clinical Depression is at an all time high and loneliness is an epidemic, become a human bridge for another person. Be alert to opportunities to serve. Allow yourself to be the bread that feeds another person. Engage without fear. Give without limit. Let go of preconceived notions. Simply express who you are at the depth of your being. Reach out. Looking at relationships from the vantage point of best selling author and entrepreneur Lance Secretan, one can see relationships as sacred. As individuals "we are not freestanding entities, because on our own, we do not mean or amount to anything" says Secretan "We only mean something when we are in relationship with each other." Prepare for the next stage of your life by looking into the eyes of another person as they talk to you. Really look. Allow them to see you. They will no longer see the shell you show the world, they will see you. Just as an actor embraces a character, embrace your own character. Nurture yourself, nurture the world. Become engaged. Change Your Life, Change the World: 5Passions |
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