Monday, August 23, 2010

Here we go... a new dawn.


So the summer is over and the days have started earlier. As my alarm clock went off this morning at an hour I hadn't see since May, I wish I could say that I had a renewed sense of excitment... but really I was just tired. I had spent the summer in bliss organizing closets, tanning by the pool, and reading book for the shear joy of reading.... but it was time to buckle down and face reality and the buzz of my automatic toothbrush was reminding me of that. I was not happy and the thought of doing this everyday made me well... tired.
I walked back to my room, sat in my bed and tried to summon the will to move. I looked down by the nightstand and there was Uta. The book looked up at me, so I grabbed it and flipped through. I landed on the chapters on Physical and Psychological Activity. I remember the advice that was given in order to prepare actors to manifest the physical and psychological. Imagine exaclty what happens to the body and mind when such things happen. When a headache looms, where does the pain begin? Is there a throb behind the eye? Does vision get blurry? When mourning over the loss of a loved one occurs, what did it feel like? When it happened to you in your past, what surrounded you?
So I used that lesson. I thought back to my previous years and the memories I had made. I remember the sense of accomplishment when we were victorious . I remembered the frustration when deadlines came near. I remembered where I was and who acompanied me when our school's events were boisterious and memorable. I remembered and felt everything that made my year one of fullfilment and I realized again, why I loved my proffession.
And so I went to my window and moved the curtain. The sun was starting to peak, and the dawn was no longer annoying. I was ready. Here we go!

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