A Requiem For Success

My Facebook "On This Day" App took me back to 2 years ago. Rest in peace Steve Maestros...

I can talk about it now that it's over. I went to Canberra for a funeral today and I learnt a bit more about the people who I thought I knew.

The funeral was quick, sad and happy. The way it should be. Luckily it wasn't a full funeral production as that would have taken the full day and night. Steve, beloved husband to my "second mother"/Aunty/Confidant Moyra, lived in chronic pain for over 20 years. Ayurvedic treatments had kept his cancer away. The removal of some internal oragans throughout the years kept him in bed and in severe pain. "Now he is at rest, don't cry" I was told. With all due respect, I cried.

Unexpectedly I bumped into my old drama teacher from high school, she told me that Moyra was an amazing drama teacher on top of her work with kids with special needs. I didn't know this about her, the second part about teaching kids with special needs, I did know, I learnt a lot on top of my own personal experience through primary school as it was next to a school with special needs and we merged a few times each week. I was like Wow! when I heard this about her. 

My old drama teacher asked if I had any success as an actor. Success means different things to different people. I replied yes, I was top of the state in College for acting, after high school. And boy did the daggers come out when that happened as I was a quiet achiever, yes I was quiet as a kid, go figure. "He must know the teacher..." is what the other students had said about me. Wrong. 

Many years later the films, which featured me as an actor, won some awards in a few different countries. I am not rich from that work, but I guess some may view that as success as well.

I think my high school drama teacher forgot that she sent me to the counsellor in high school as she thought I was joking when I enrolled to do 1 core and 4 electives in drama. "That has never happened before" was her reasoning. The counsellor agreed that I should move forward with my studies, despite it never happening before. 

At the funeral, my old teacher asked me "I guess you want to thank me for your success?" I thanked her for doing her job, upon the counsellors approval.

Oh well it happened. Keep an open mind, everyone who is reading this, as something that may have "never happened before" may actually happen. Make it happen. Listen to feedback, keep your heart and mind open, believe in yourself...sometimes I need to remind myself as well.

KMR
I do not deem it appropriate to add any image to this blog. No one said anything to me, it was my choice to share my experience with the world but sometimes you need to do what you know is right..eg.no image.