I was at a weekend retreat recently and wanted chocolate. (No surprise there.) What was surprising was that when I walked into the meeting room a bit later, it was like someone had read my mind: there were bags of something called “Ruggedly Handsome Cowboy Bark” all over the table!
Upon closer inspection, I realized it was actually called “Ruggedly Adventuresome Cowboy Bark.”
Needless to say, I was disappointed. But it did make me realize that sometimes, I see the things I want to see—not what’s actually in front of me—and so do you.
I wanted to see handsome chocolate because a) who wouldn’t want to taste that? and b) because I want to live inside an episode of “Friday Night Lights.” Boots? Country music? Ruggedly handsome Tim Riggins? Yes, please.
But let’s talk about you and your dream of being an actor, and what you see in it.
I know you. And I know that sometimes you make handsome-chocolate-like things up in your head. You tell yourself you’re not worthy of being an actor or that you’re not good enough. Or that you’re too old, too short, too late…the list goes on.
Maybe you
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