Acting Without the Drama

June 30, 2009.  I seem to be having a lot of those lately.  And while I feel like I’m doing a better job of recognizing it and letting go of the “bigness” of it all, it still wants to creep up on me.

My life is not an epic movie.  In order to have an epic movie, there needs to be a noble hero.

Maybe you haven’t noticed (very kind of you, by the way), but I’m a dork.

Noble heroes are typically not dorks.

The events of my life right now are not some far-reaching, yet intimately personal battle for the fate of my immortal soul.  Rather, they are wonderful opportunities for me to grow and stretch.

If I chose to make things epic, I am basically chosing not to grow and stretch.  Because the noble hero is noble and heroic, right?  I’m not sure where I came up with that, but it seems right.  And where do you go from noble and heroic?  More noble and more heroic?

Also, if I am making things epic, I’m basically fighting against the opportunities the universe is giving me.  I’m spitting in God’s eye.  A good friend told me that.  I’m pretty sure she’s right.

I don’t want to do that.  I want to be grateful for every opportunity given to me.  Even the really uncomfortable ones.  Especially the really uncomfortable ones.

There also doesn’t seem to be a lot of gratitude in epic sagas.  A lot of angst, certainly.  Lots of falling on one’s sword.  Very little gratitude.

And that’s just not right, now, is it?

My momma taught me better than that. 

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