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ACT "AS IF" ATTITUDE - PART II

You are the writer, producer and director of your play!

by Lisa Brooks

April 1 , 2007

How exciting and liberating!?

We get to create who we are. However, this awareness is easy to dis-regard. If we are not careful we can allow ourselves to feel victimized and/or stuck. It's easy to get into a pattern of bad habits and then feel unmotivated and lazy about changing the things in our lives that we want to. Usually our negative behaviors become filled with excuses, "oh, that's just the way I am" or "my dad always did 'that', now I do too". But,
if it is a trait that in your heart you wish were different, you have the power to change it! If it's something that bothers you about yourself, you can safely bet it bothers those close to you as well. In fact, we are in relationships to learn about ourselves and to grow and change for the better.

Think of your life as your stage production, your play! You can re-write your character to act how you want him or her to. While it takes practice and "rehearsals" as preparing for any role does...YOU CAN DO IT! Want to be more patient? Want to be more calm? Want to be more confident? Re-write your character to portray those traits.

It's easy to stay stuck in old patterns that no longer serve you and then complain about it. Isn't it frustrating to hear someone complain about themselves or their situation, but then they just "sit" there and do nothing about it? If you find yourself complaining
about something that you have the power to change, take action! The first action step is to re-write your character. What traits make you feel good about yourself and make you happy? What traits do you admire in others? Writing them out will set the intention and get the wheels in motion. Writing them out and repeating them in your mind will help to
re-program your brain. Create your character and then act the part. The most beautiful, freeing part of all of this is that you can re-write your character anytime you want...even in the middle of a "scene".

You can even use your Universe Order Pad to list the changes you wish to make. Put out the intention and look at your list every morning to help remind you, keep you focused and on track. Have fun with it!! If you find yourself acting out an old behavior, try this: Pretend the director of your play, which is you, just yelled "cut" and pulled you aside to have a talk with you. The director takes a moment to gently remind you that in the meeting this morning they had re-written a few things about the character you are
playing. You take a moment to integrate this and then re-enter your scene with the new idea in your head....and "action", you start playing out the new part, the new YOU!

Spring has sprung and so has the new YOU! "Weed out" the parts of your character that you don't care for and "plant" the new traits that make you feel good! Make it creative and fun so that you stick with it. Use your imagination and pretend you are starring in
your own play (which you are)! Thats why it's called a "play" ... so play and have fun!

"Life's like a play; it's not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters."
- Seneca, Roman philosopher

 

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