No Fear
Well maybe a little. Yesterday my daughter had her first audition for a theatrical role. That’s right, first. It wasn’t easy either. The other girls have been working on Annie pieces for the past five months, and had a closed audition the week before. B, my baby girl, has no audition experience with the songs and had to perform a song and dance in front of the director and all of the parents. That’s right, it was an open audition, and she had to stand up in front of all these people and perform a song and dance. Scary!! I know I was scared and nervous enough for her. But she came through and did an amazing job. No Fear.
After celebrating and talking about it, she said something to me that got me thinking. She said, “I almost turned back to you and said, ‘I don’t want to do this.’” But you know what? She never did. You could tell she was nervous, but when it was time, she stood up, marched right up to the front and did her thing. It was pretty awesome and I am pretty darn proud of her for that.
It made me think back to the number of times I’ve been scared out of my mind and which route I took. How many times did I turn and walk away, and how many times did I stand and do my thing.
To be honest, I’ve done both. I’ve walked away, and I’ve stood up to the challenge. I’m glad say I’ve done more of the latter, at least that’s what I remember. And those times I didn’t? Well, those are my regrets in life. Like not asking out that girl I had a crush on when I was a freshman in high school. Luckily, I got a second chance 15 years later. Now she’s my most awesomest wifey!!
That one may have worked out, but there are some others I wish I could stand up and face. In the future, I’m sure there will be many more times where I’m frightened and nervous, but hopefully I’ll remember that if I stand up and just do it. It’ll all work out.
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