Where you least expect it...
The life of a comic/actor can be really frustrating at times. To one side, you see people around you married, owning homes, having families...living "real lives". On the other side, you see people you started out with skyrocketing in their careers when you are struggling to get called in for a guest star audition on a sitcom you wouldn't even watch if you were on it. It can be challenging, some days impossible, to keep a positive outlook on your chosen path. To know that things are going to work out and you are going to do all of the things you spent years working towards and dreaming about.
I've been having a rough time as of late with the whole thing. Not thrilled with where I am and working towards improving my hand, some days it all seems very much out of my control. I feel like I'm just along for the ride and nothing I can do will make any difference. I get bummed out and think that maybe I'm not supposed to be doing this.
Then I'm walking through the lobby at the office where I work a few days a week. The (relatively) new receptionist calls out my name and asks:
"Were you in an Estancia wine commercial?"
I tell her I was.
She said, "Oh my God, that was my favorite commercial. I used to tell my friends about it all the time and make them watch it. I can't believe I never realized that was you in it."
I smiled and told her that she just made my day. I walked back to my desk feeling a lot better about where I was heading.
Some days, that's all it takes.
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