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Being on the court
When are you in the stands?
Acting Mastery
05 Apr
BEING IN THE STANDS VS. ON THE COURT
Have you ever been to a professional tennis match?
Watching from the stands as a spectator is great, right?
It’s easy to sit back, judge, and critique what’s happening from afar.
Being in the stands in life is comfortable and safe, but leaves us feeling disconnected and regretful. Why? Because we’re not participating
In life, when are you safe and comfortable in the stands?
So, what does it mean to be on the court?
To be on the court is to play life full-out, without any reservation.
To play to win. Life occurs for us differently when we’re on the court than when we’re in the stands. We’re in the game, not watching, judging, and critiquing it from afar. Time occurs for us differently too.
In life, when we throw ourselves into new or uncomfortable territory, sometimes, something will pop up that stops us from taking action.
We call this your ‘Act.’
Your ‘Act’ does not have to do with the art of acting in this context.
Your ‘Act’ is the thing that you find yourself wanting to scream at the world.
It’s a command and a form of resistance.
Your ‘Act’ can come in many forms.
For me, it was “It's too hard”.
For others it could be “I’m not capable” or “leave me alone”.
If you want to discover what your ‘Act’ is, play life full out and it will rear its head.
When our ‘Act’ stops us from taking action on the court, we need to identify what's in the way, and where it came from.
Once we do this, we can make a choice when it rears its head:
to let it take over, or to step outside of it, and take action that is aligned with what we value. This will open up a whole new world of possibilities in your life, and acting.
On the court is where life happens.
I encourage you all to get on the court, and when your ‘Act’ comes up, just notice it, step outside of it, and take value-oriented actions.
