"If you don't risk anything, you risk more."
~Eric Jong
If I had a dollar for everytime someone told me to choose a more stable, practical dream, I'd be a very rich 17 year old. Even in French class today, one of my best friends advised me not to major in theatre because it wasn't a sure career. It wasn't stable enough. It wasn't the smart thing to do. Everytime I hear it (and I've heard it many times), it makes me more and more angry, and it even hurts a little. I understand that most friends would just want to help me, and I understand that their advise is practical.
But no dream is supposed to be practical. Since when are dreams stable?
I love theatre more than anything else I've ever done. I love it just as someone else may love science. Science is the more practical "dream", but I've never heard of anyone mistrusting or advising against that idea. I would never want to spend the rest of my life doing something I never loved. Theatre is my risk. If I don't pursue it, my life will be forever full of "what if's", and that is not how I want to live.
So I may not be the most comfortable person in life. I may struggle everyday. But...
In my last moments, when my life flashes before my eyes...I'll have a lot to watch.
And that's all that matters.
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