Uncommon Breed

How are you doing today?

So I thought I should reach out to you today and  perhaps remind out of something. But before that, I want you to perform the following exercise.

Close your eyes.

Take two deep breaths.

And ask yourself where were you a little over an year ago on this exact same day? Not the geographical location, but in your life, at what position were you at.

Thought of where you were? Good,

Now again, ask your self where you are now, in this same exact day (today)?

Have you changed? for the better?

Achieved something regardless of your circumstances?

Grew on an upward spiral and positively effected other people on the course?

Congratulations, I would like to officially inaugurate you into the "Uncommon Breed" family.

Why?

Because in a world mostly filled with people playing victim of circumstances, blaming their failures on others, constantly complaining about how their lives had paned out thus far and not being confidently sure about their future; You have managed to crawl out of this dungeon filled with naysayers and proved them wrong.

You did not want to be them. You did not want to complain. And when life beat you down to your knees, you had the strength, caliber and the faith to come back up. You didn't take no for an answer. And you viewed failure as just a setback in the journey and started all over again. You never feared failure. You were never afraid of "fear" because you knew if was self- imposed, meaning it only existed in your head (because you created it), and you understood that nowhere else in the universe did fear exist. And when you felt success, you were deserving and took it humbly and you strive for more. And trust me, this is very uncommon in these days. Sadly. But just like the light at the end of the tunnel, you have risen from the ashes, like the Phoenix and soared high.

I want to say, hey keep going, after all who has the right to stop you?

The Actor Within

So, as promised I am returning to you with a new post. Now, if you are among those readers who also happen to be somebody close to me, then you would know how much of a movie/theater buff I am. Actually, even if you are in the process of getting to know me, then all you would need is to just ask me this usual "getting to know you" question, "So what's your favorite movie?", and I should warn you, that the answer will be very elaborate, detailed containing the historical references of cinema regardless of genre and regions, and of course I would address your question. My typical response would be "The Godfather". Now I know that this is a favorite for many people, but it is quite personal for me. One is it contains my favorite trio, Al Pacino (my favorite actor!), Marlon Brando (my favorite actor!) and Francis Ford Coppola (One of my favorite directors!). Both of these actors had undoubtedly made this a fascinating piece of cinema, and historically referenced as one of the greatest movies of all time. Of course, Coppola chiseled the actors, but the execution by the actors was near perfect.

Act I Scene I


Actors. In my eyes, have one of the most profound jobs known to man. If you think about it, they get to travel back in time, travel to the future, outer space; work as a doctor, engineer, politician, become a husband, wife, son, daughter and even God! (Morgan Freeman in "Bruce Almighty" for example). What these people can do with their craft is limitless. All it takes is imagination and a stage. And the rest is up to the thespian to weave history.

Alright, thanks for filling me in with the details of Thespianism? What's your point?

Well, If you've known my past, my career up to this point, included a brief stint as an actor alongside with some accomplished thespians in theater. I even at one point seriously considered taking up acting as my future career. But life happened. I had to take a different route. But I don't regret that decision whatsoever.

Why?

I will tell you why. Because I am still an actor. Although I had renounced the idea of acting on a stage or in front of a camera, I never renounced the actor within myself. I nurtured him and grew him with me. And he taught me on the greatest lessons I believe to be important to every human. He taught me the value of human interactions and connecting to others in an emotional level. Isn't this the greatest goal a thespian could achieve in his or her career? To connect with their audience in an emotional level? It was my caliber to fill in others' shoes that taught me the value of a human life, the value of connection.

I believe to have attained a certain level of mastery in this aspect. To connect to people in an emotional level. And this is the most important tool or lesson one must master to achieve anything in this world. After all what else is this world made of? we are among the largest inhabitants in this planet, and if you don't know to connect to your peers emotionally, how else do you think you could achieve anything in this world? You take any profession or a part of your life; business, politics, religion, war, peace, love, marriage and even death. What is the common factor in all of them? Humans. I even believe that if we were able to connect to one another on a truly emotional level, we would have found solutions to half the conundrums that we are facing at the moment. Why? because humans are emotional beings and there is no denial.

Because I was/am a thespian, I gained the insights to connecting emotionally to my fellow humans. And my purpose of my blog from henceforth is this; I am going to show you the way in which we all could truly and emotionally connect to one another, and this is my way of changing the world to become a better place. Sounds too idealistic? Well, flying in the air for humans sounded idealistic in the beginning and all it took was 12 seconds for the Wright Brothers to change the world. And my goal is for you to learn this art and truly achieve greatness by achieving your goals and that I believe is the recipe for change.

I am one of those actors who took Shakespeare literally when he said "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players".
I am an actor (from within) who has chosen world as a stage to connect to the audience (the people) in an emotional level and truly convince them of the idea of changing the world. Slowly and steadily.

"The people who are crazy enough to change the world are the ones who do"- Steve Jobs


Exeunt Steffin Gomes

Revival

Greetings!

I know that I have a lot of explaining to do for my uninformed long silence. So let me get on it right away. The last time that I had really posted on this blog was a while ago and I am not going to even delve into my timeline of absence; So instead let me just bring you up to speed as to what's been happening in my life thus far which also could be accounted for my absence as well. So here's my explanation for my absence,

Simply, I changed. 

The time I took off was the time I invested in changing. How you ask? The answers are as follows:

I am now a recent graduate from a University bound by the professional ethics and code of conduct, a responsible adult (or at least I suppose!) and a useful citizen of the world with civic responsibilities waiting to be fulfilled. I had taken time to travel the world trotting from one nation to the other, meeting new people, embarking on new ventures, crafting my own sense of my future and most of all, I had one goal in mind which was to get to know the most important person in my life. Myself. I used my university days to really get to know myself, not just from the outer shell but I embarked on a journey I called "Soul Searching". This venture was extremely time consuming and it meant that I had to prioritize my time and that was one of the main reasons why I had to shy away from social media.

So now that I have returned, does this mean I have successfully ended my journey? No! I realized that the journey had just started. But my return is the sign of me being extremely comfortable with my own presence and I have attained a certain level of maturity where I could now take people with me on this journey.


So what about "Soul Searching"?


Well, again I had just begun to craft and identity for myself, which from my future posts you will be able to figure out, who I am, what my purpose is, and if possible reveal my mind to you. This is a constantly evolving process and this was the journey that i was so fondly talking about taking you with me. My goal in this quest is to identify my "soul" and help you find yours!

In the past, I had addressed a few issues in my blog and perhaps described my stance in a few worldly affairs. But I have now decided to take a different approach in what I am going to discuss in my blogs in the future. I have envisioned to my blog to serve a particular purpose/need that I have observed throughout my ventures, and hopefully it is able to bring about some positive impact. It was the premise of this article; to "revive" my blog, to give you an essence as to what I was going to cover in the near future.

What was the purpose/need my blog was going to serve you ask? Well patience is a virtue and I will slowly reveal to you as time goes by, but to ease the tension I shall give a hint. In my next article, I hope to cover the exact details from my experiences during my absence and how it shaped me as an individual and reveal to you how my blog was going to take shape henceforth.

If you felt that I had not properly given you my excuse for my absence in this article, I hope to justify it in the articles in the future; but for now feel free to browse around my blogs from the past. And I shall bid you good bye for a short while until I will see you soon. I promise ;-)