"It takes a village to raise a child."
It really does, and especially if you are just starting out - there is an entire village that you need to surround yourself with. These are people in your life you empower to support your spiritual and emotional journey. There are the Heroes, the Nurses, the Instigators, the Rivals, the Cheerleaders, the Enablers, the Trail Blazers, the Opportunists ... the list goes on.
The one type of person I want to talk about today are the Believers. This is a person/s who holds you to a higher standard than you hold yourself; someone who sees the person you can be and refuses to let you settle.
But this isn't someone who holds the strings in the relationship. This is someone who teaches you to believe in yourself. This is someone who holds up a mirror; someone who teaches you to see that you are worth loving; someone who teaches you to see the human behind the artiste.
I am incredibly blessed to have someone like that in my life. Chuck started out as a career mentor. But our conversations would always veer to the more spiritual and he soon realized that what I needed was not corporate advice. What I needed was to believe in myself.
He had nothing to gain by doing this. He worked in a completely different industry. He did it because someone else had done it for him when he was starting out. He was just paying it forward, and I will always be grateful.
So on the days that are particularly bad, I ask myself, "what would Chuck say to me?" and I don't feel like I am alone on this journey.
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My name is Eu Jin. I recently embarked on a career as a professional actor after 20 years in the corporate world. A big supporter of personal growth, I also dedicate time and energy in performing arts education, specifically in the arena of practical approaches to inner health because I believe that lays the groundwork for a sustainable career as an artiste. If you would like to find out more or share your thoughts, please leave me a message on the "Contact" page of my website. Thank you very much!