TYPECAST

Definition: 1. cast somebody repeatedly in similar roles: to give an actor a series of parts of the same type, to the extent that the performer becomes associated with that kind of role and is overlooked for others.

I'm a performer. And I'm damn good at it. So much so that most people in my life don't even realize when I am acting. I can convince everyone, including myself, that this character I play is me. And, for the most part, it is. But there are those places in my heart that I am afraid to uncover because I fear that I will no longer be accepted by the watching world.

So if all of the world is a stage, I would say that most of us choose the parts that are safe: they require little of our true self and allow us to act in a role without giving all of our self to it. It requires little investment or vulnerability. Yet, the problem with this safe dance is that it prohibits us from playing our part: the role for which we were created.

And so I am starting this blog to delve into those places in my heart that are genuine and real and are sometimes terrifying, because in vulnerability, there is the risk of rejection or judgement. But in order to play my part and play it well, I must delve into the deep recesses of my heart: the places I have come to fear the most. This is my first step of moving off the stage and into life. And so it begins...