It\u2019s been a tough two years. My life does not look like it did back at the start. It feels like little piles of rubble that I have to walk around or dig through to find what I used to take for granted.
Can I rebuild yet?
Hold that. Rewind. I don\u2019t wait for permission to get what I need. Not anymore. I will get things back to working order. For me.
I\u2019m not the first to live in the wreckage of what used to be. Lots of people walk around and through ruins. Needs must be served.
Things that once were can be made anew.
It\u2019s time to start building. I\u2019ve done it before.
The good news is, I don\u2019t have to do it alone. As hard as it is to believe, there really are people who can help. There are people who want to help.
It was in my acting Improv classes I learned how to trust other people who were there with me. I\u2019d been writing my stories alone for a long time. It turns out to be a lot more interesting\u2014not to mention more fun\u2014if other people pitch in.
I am a people. I came to build a scene. And there, on that practice stage, other people came to build too. We looked at each other\u2014Can we do this? Shall we try? I had the desire but not much else to start with.
\u2018Bring a brick\u2019 they taught us. Speak up. Say something that gets things started. Maybe it will be a mistake. But we are all in this together, and someone has to start it. Make a decision. Make a big choice
\u201cThis way!\u201d I can say. The other guy might take it in a different direction than I imagined, but if we stay in the action together it keeps moving and it becomes real.
I need it to be real. I need the help. I know things can be fixed. We can rebuild it better than before.
I\u2019m going to start.
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