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Charades! It's one of my favorite games to play with family and friends. Not only does everyone get a shot at glory, they all get to make completely brilliant fools of themselves by being the modern day Chaplin when trying to get their team to guess what the hell it is they are acting out sans the use of vocal communication.
There are those who enjoy the game because they are good at guessing, and there are those who are chomping at the bit to showcase their ability to act out the clues they've been given. As an actor, I love this game because it's fun and gets you over yourself. There are so many people who would like to be actors but stage fright gets the best of them. In charades, like acting, if you are unable to conquer the fear of performing, you're literally unable to play the game. The same holds true for life. The inability to conquer our fears keeps us from having experience, and in my humble opinion, life is all about experience. Acting, is aided by life experience. It is not mandatory to have an abundance of life experience to be a great actor or artist (see child actors Haley Joel Osment, Anna Paquin, Jodie Foster, Shirley Temple). It certainly helps and gives the artist more from which to pull when creating characters or making music or expressing oneself through dance. Allowing fear to prevent you from gaining experience also keeps you from being able to handle certain situations with a level head.
The game of life is a series of experiences, neither good or bad. Far too often we get consumed by labeling things good or bad. Change your thinking or at least your mental approach to your fears and experiences. Rather than having good or bad experiences, think of it as simply experience: an extra tool in your tool box to help you build the life you want. Think about it, if all of the tools in your tool box are "bad", you're not going to build very much and what you do build could be poorly constructed because you think you only possess "bad" or inferior tools. Get out there and play the game of life. When road blocks of experience approach, take your time and do your best. The block is preparing you for the road ahead of where you are at the moment. Remember, this moment is what matters. If you don't allow yourself to fully experience it because of fear, there could be a world of experiences of which you'll be depriving yourself.
If you think the game of life is boring, change the way you play it. You might learn something about yourself and have a little fun at the same time.
Charades! It's one of my favorite games to play with family and friends. Not only does everyone get a shot at glory, they all get to make completely brilliant fools of themselves by being the modern day Chaplin when trying to get their team to guess what the hell it is they are acting out sans the use of vocal communication.
There are those who enjoy the game because they are good at guessing, and there are those who are chomping at the bit to showcase their ability to act out the clues they've been given. As an actor, I love this game because it's fun and gets you over yourself. There are so many people who would like to be actors but stage fright gets the best of them. In charades, like acting, if you are unable to conquer the fear of performing, you're literally unable to play the game. The same holds true for life. The inability to conquer our fears keeps us from having experience, and in my humble opinion, life is all about experience. Acting, is aided by life experience. It is not mandatory to have an abundance of life experience to be a great actor or artist (see child actors Haley Joel Osment, Anna Paquin, Jodie Foster, Shirley Temple). It certainly helps and gives the artist more from which to pull when creating characters or making music or expressing oneself through dance. Allowing fear to prevent you from gaining experience also keeps you from being able to handle certain situations with a level head.
The game of life is a series of experiences, neither good or bad. Far too often we get consumed by labeling things good or bad. Change your thinking or at least your mental approach to your fears and experiences. Rather than having good or bad experiences, think of it as simply experience: an extra tool in your tool box to help you build the life you want. Think about it, if all of the tools in your tool box are "bad", you're not going to build very much and what you do build could be poorly constructed because you think you only possess "bad" or inferior tools. Get out there and play the game of life. When road blocks of experience approach, take your time and do your best. The block is preparing you for the road ahead of where you are at the moment. Remember, this moment is what matters. If you don't allow yourself to fully experience it because of fear, there could be a world of experiences of which you'll be depriving yourself.
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