huge Success doesn’t fix everything!
I have been watching for
many years articles and stories about hugely successful people in many fields
entertainment included who have sad even tragic stories. Why? When they get what they say they want so badly why does
their life look so sad or even staggeringly tragic?
This morning I pulled
out a yellowed worn article that I had cut out of a newspaper a few years
ago. It was about the suicide of
an actor who had been on a series, who looked like to the outside world to be
living his dream. I taped it to a
card and on top I wrote, AN ACTING JOB DOESN’T FIX EVERYTHING. I put it on my desk where my clients
could see it and where I could pull it out to remind actors that they need to
put their life and their well being must be put on top of the Priority
List.
As I hear about
successful, famous people facing adversities, either self-induced or just the
luck of the draw, I know we must remind each other that no success is more important than your
health, your peace of mind, your friends and your family.
Don’t get me wrong! Success and great work achievement are
important. We all want that. We all work hard for that. Of course that is true. But if you can’t be at peace with
yourself in front of your own mirror when you are alone what good is all that
success.
So definitely go out and
fight for what you want to accomplish.
Do what you need to do. But
remember to spend time and effort on the gold that money can’t buy. Your health, both physical and
mental. Your friendships. No, you really can’t buy true
friendships. Your family. Okay maybe you didn’t’ choose them but
do your best to care for them. And
find joy and pleasure in all that life opens up to you that no amount of money
can buy.
My heart goes out to
those people who seem to have everything but we come to realize they were “lost”. We need to take care of each
other. But first you must take
care of yourself.
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