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All the world’s a stage…and all the man and woman merely players, they have their exits and entrances…W. Shakespeare
As I enter into the portals of this heartwarming- heartbreaking, joyous- arduous, exciting- boring stage called life, I stand amazed by the vast characters I am about to share scenes in the play of life.
I was once a typical character with usually bit roles to portray, but with extra ordinary dreams and ambitions! Every role I am into was given ample time to master thereby delivered and acted with expertise and smoothness. I was happy…yes, playing my part in the stage with success and pride is both a satisfying and rewarding experience; but happiness is far from contentment! I was aiming for that “lead role” I was dying to portray. How I wished to deliver those lines…to act those scenes…to be eyed with awe…and to be given with extra attention and care among the rest of the characters.
I grew up with that craving for “lead role” aside from various exciting, promising and challenging roles I played, still the intense longing for that single scene being the main character is all I have ever wished for. “We have our own action to play”, so they say. “Give focus and love what you do”…they will add. “Love your craft”, words I had tried to inculcate in my mind from day one I was aware of the existence of this platform. As the days went by, still it was there…even more intense than I could ever imagine. How I wished my love ones would ever look up to me with sparkling eyes, with the sweetest smile and with pulse stopping chill. How I would then love to see the proud gaze from their eyes, the boosting ego from their hearts and the undying enthusiasm to witness the next part.
The existence of this stage means life itself. Everyone is moving…is acting…is living. Everybody is revolving around a certain scene, their own life’s scene… trying to make the most out of what it has to offer. Mastering every single line; Pursuing to be the best, perfecting every act; never giving up with life’s miseries around, making their adlibs wherever and whenever there is a need to; trying to figure out the next move to continue living…This is life, this is stage. Some failed to act with the best they can, even others mess up the whole stage, but some chosen few tend to mumble with the lines and actions with spontaneity, ease and grace.
In reality this is me…trying so hard to be the best on this little role I am playing. Giving the spectators with ‘a tiny’ thing to look up to, be happy in my own simple way; making the very best of life’s play. Master of this I may be, boring as it may seem, but the show must go on…play as it would be the last act. Give the most precise lines and action. There should be no more room for take twos. Be confident…be determined…be firm. Give all you can and never stop dreaming! Who knows the story will be revised…the characters will turn places…so be it, I hope, I wish and I pray…until the next curtain calls!
(Faithpalanca-Nov. 15, 2010)
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