"What was I saying? Oh, yes, the stage. Acting. I have changed. Now I am a real actress. I act with joy, I am intoxicated by it, and feel as if I am beautiful [...] I know now, I understand at last, that for us, whether we write or act, it is not the honor and glory of which I have dreamt that is important, it is the strength to endure. To keep going. To learn how to keep going. And to have faith. One must know how to bear one's cross, and one must have faith. And when I think to myself: “I am on the stage!” That is when I do not fear anything life might do to me."
This is from The Seagull (adaptation by Tommy D.), and I feel that it is only very recently that I have realized how profoundly true it is.
"What was I saying? Oh, yes, the stage. Acting. I have changed. Now I am a real actress. I act with joy, I am intoxicated by it, and feel as if I am beautiful [...] I know now, I understand at last, that for us, whether we write or act, it is not the honor and glory of which I have dreamt that is important, it is the strength to endure. To keep going. To learn how to keep going. And to have faith. One must know how to bear one's cross, and one must have faith. And when I think to myself: “I am on the stage!” That is when I do not fear anything life might do to me."
ReplyDeleteThis is from The Seagull (adaptation by Tommy D.), and I feel that it is only very recently that I have realized how profoundly true it is.
Keep going.