WHAT YOU NEED

What You Need
Do I have enough talent and skill?
To do this for real.
Sure.
But what did you do last night?
A long blank stare…
Did you run your lines?
20 times
Even though you have 2?
Did you spend time
Thinking about
How it feels when you walk into a room
When everyone has been talking about you.
Because that’s what happens to your character.
Did you practice eating and listening,
The way your character does,
When their alone,
When their with people,
When their scared,
Because that’s what your character does.
Talent.
Is the easy part.
The hard part,
Is finding joy, happiness, peace
Pleasure,
Fun,
In the work of it.
Can you mold the elements of your life
Your routine,
The way you move through your day,
To your work.
Can you find satisfaction
In dedication to the smallest details,
And not be resentful of time lost
To so many other things you might have done.
An iron will,
A heart big enough to sustain you,
And a million others,
That’s what you need.