There are no small parts..........

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it."

~ W. M. Lewis

Before I pledged Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, I had never acted on stage.

It just wasn't my thing.

That all changed 2nd semester freshman year.

Part of pledge season for all Lamda Nu pledges was that we had to be in the yearly opera that the music department put on.

In 1973,that happened to be Bizet's Carmen.

All that was asked of us was to be in the chorus.

Simple enough.

At least for most people.

Not so much for yours truly.

Standing on stage, in costume, doing little more than singing seemed something less than a whole hearted effort.

I decided I needed a character, a balloon seller!

(Don't ask...I have no idea why).

Let me share something with you, I can confidently say that I played the best balloon seller ever to grace the stage at The Trenton War Memorial building.

In the words of Konstantin Stanislavski the old English actor from the Fantasticks, "there are no small parts, only small actors."

This is pretty much how I go about everything I do in life.

If I am showing up,I show up as the best me possible.

It's about owning your performance.

This is true at work,at home, in social groups or any place else that I go.

Life is not a spectator sport.

My quote of the day today was:

"The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it."

~ W. M. Lewis

It makes sense.

Don't just live your life,lead it!

"Remember Mortimer,there are no small parts, only small actors!"