Alright, starting tonight...or tomorrow morning, whenever you read this, with a serious question. If I were to step down from a show because of scheduling problems, not liking the people in the cast much, not particularly wanting to hear songs sung by people who I know I can sing better than, and wasting my time doing homework at the 4 hour long rehearsals when I'm only in 3 scenes, would you think I was a diva?
This completely legitimate question (which I will be hopefully resolving by tomorrow), got me thinking about how we view both ourselves and other people. Human beings in general are so fixated on our own image that we become paranoid about what others think of us. The way we dress, our stance, our teeth, our music, our books, even the pitch of our voice, become grains of sand scratching at our minds. And when faced with a question like mine, above, our insecurities our revealed when we begin to worry about how people we may never even see again will think of us after a certain action. Almost all of us are insecure. Face it. To that minuscule percentage of people who are perfectly secure with themselves, I envy you greatly. But for the rest of us, we may never be completely secure at all. In fact, we will always be thinking about how other people see us and what they think, not even putting ourselves in their shoes. I assure you that if you take a moment, not just a little wimp of a moment, but a full on think-party, and contemplate exactly how you would react if someone did whatever you are thinking of doing to you, you will know better what to do.
And with that, I say goodnight, and I hope you have some sort of security blanket, whether it be footy pajamas, a stuffed old polar bear, or a favourite song playing in the background to get your off to sleep, all of which I have right now.
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