Acting Without the Drama

July 26, 2008. I want to get into really good shape. I’m doing a fair amount to make sure that I do: I’m doing yoga six days a week and I usually manage to get in a swimming session as well. I’ve trimmed down quite a bit.

There are many days, however, when I get discouraged. When that happens, what do you guess I want to do more than anything else?

Eat crap.

I feel like I’m never going to get completely fit, and what do I want to do? Sabotage myself.

It’s funny (funny strange, not funny ha-ha) that whatever it is we’re scared of, we manage to fall right into. It’s almost like we’re painting a big ol’ target right in the middle of our chests and saying, “Ok, everybody. Take pot-shots.”

You can see examples of this everywhere. Someone feels uncomfortable about their weight, so wears baggy clothes. The baggy clothes emphasize their size. Someone worries that no one will ever like them. They then over-compensate–they work really hard to make sure that people will like them. They reek of desperation. That, unfortunately, is a pretty big turn-off. End result? People don’t like them.

We do this all the time with acting as well. When we worry that we won’t be able to connect, what happens? We can’t connect. When we worry that we won’t be able to remember our lines? We forget them. We’re afraid that we have no charisma? No one seems to be aware that we even exist.

The only thing that I’ve found that works for me in this kind of situation is to let go. You’ll hear me talk about this from time to time. I’m not talking about giving up. I’m talking about submission. Realize that it’s a problem that’s bigger than you are, and let the universe take over.

The harder we try to work to make things better, the more it feels like they’re going to fall apart. So, let go. Trust. Be.

Everything will work out to your benefit if you’ll just allow it to. That’s the only prophesying that has ever really worked well for me. It’s never let me down.

Not once.

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