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" Presume not that I am the thing I was; For God doth know, so shall the world perceive, that I have turned away from myself." Shakespeare's words from Henry IV, spark an interesting thought. How many times have I turned away from myself and felt a new me? So many scenes to replay in my mind. So many Me's that were poor actors in my play, wanting to achieve fame and fortune without the integrity to turn away from myself. Masks of various emotions filled my playhouse of life, and touched the actors and the audience who watched them materialize, in many different ways. Each leaving with the presumption of the thing I was. I was so many things, as God doth know.All of the things I was, have gotten me to this place I call myself. Every event and interaction has made me grow into my own thoughts. The play has been for me. The actors and the audience have been learning tools to see myself not only externally, but to reclaim the other aspects of myself, that have been buried in the debris I collected, over the course of the play. My collection shined outwardly, but clouded my inner reality. After Acts 1, 2, and 3, I needed an intermission. I needed to change into my real self. The self I knew in practice, before the curtain of physical life opened.Really understanding the complexity of me, is a continuing performance. As Edmund Spencer pointed out in the 16th century; "For of the soul the body form doth take, for soul is form and doth the body make." I can learn from his words and let my soul form the actor and the play. My thoughts script the performance and the playhouse. Each word and action are reflections of me, the soul, not the stand-in. The actors and the audience are attracted by my script and the message that I share with them. Soulful acting is not acting, it is being. Being is what I know and feel. My soul attracts a playhouse full of love. My ovation is my gratitude. The play never really ends unless I want it to, I can continue to perform my soul's purpose in many ways. It is a choice I can make.Today's performance starts with Act IV and it's standing room only, every seat filled with love. My face glows in the radiance of remembering myself. My masks sit in a corner, gathering dust and cracking from neglect.My billboard reads: "Unity Stars Within Myself; I Am A Real Soul Deal; It's My God Given Meal."
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