Relationships...This can be a scary word to some people, but we have relationships with people every day. The person who gives you a coffee, your parents, your boyfriend, your wife, your child. Some are more meaningful than others, but they are relationships that impact your daily life. Most can be positive and uplifting, but some can be toxic and dangerous.
My question for today: Why do we hold onto certain relationships? What keeps us from letting go?
I think the answer is comfort. We find some sort of comfort and soothing feeling in familiarity. When those people and relationships are great, it creates a positive and more energetic world for us. However, there are those relationships that sometimes tear us apart and make us become more toxic ourselves.
As an actor, I think it is important to have a good core of people who you surround yourself with. These are the people who support you through it all. They make you laugh when you need to, listen to you vent when you had a bad day or audition, and make you a better person. As the years progress, I have slowly realized this group is very important to me, and I hold these people to high standards. Sometimes they don't match those standards and that is alright, but there are very few people who enter this circle. The few, the proud. But once you are in the circle, you are good people in my book.Sometimes this circle changes and that is alright too. These were people were part of my journey for that moment in time. I needed them for that moment.
As an actor, you are constantly fostering and building relationships with many different people. Managers, agents, producers, casting directors, directors, and fellow actors. It is important to be true to who you are, and these relationships will definitely prosper. When people do not stay to true to who they are as artist, they enter into toxic relationships that can sometimes lead to a spiraling downfall.
As I grow as a person and an artist, I had my fair share of both blissful and toxic relationships. I have learned from all of them and they have helped me grow. Growth is always a good thing.
What relationship do you want to see expand and help you grow? For when you grow like a tree toward the sky you are closer to reaching your dreams.
Dream Big, and Laugh Hard and Don't be Afraid of Building a New Relationship!
Patrick
