Fame and Fortune. A REAL Look…
These days I feel very fortunate. As actors, we use the phrase “fame and fortune” a lot. We all know that the fame is about acknowledgment. But what about the fortune part? Is it really only about money? I don’t think so. Fortune and being fortunate, expresses itself in our daily lives in so many different ways.
If you woke up this morning with more health than illness, you are more fortunate than the million or so people who won’t survive the week. If you have never experienced the danger of war, the loneliness of prison, the agony of torture or the pangs of starvation, you are more fortunate than 20 million people around the world. If you attend a religious meeting without fear of harassment, arrest, torture, or death, you are more fortunate than almost three billion people in the world.
If you have food in your refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof over your head and a place to sleep, you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish someplace, you are among the top 8% of the world’s wealthy.
If your parents are still married and alive, you are very, very rare, especially in the United States.
If you hold up your head with a smile on your face and are truly thankful, you are fortunate because the majority of people can, but most do not. If you can hold someone’s hand, hug them or even touch them on the shoulder, you are fortunate because you really know what compassion is.
If you can read this message, you are more fortunate than over two billion people in the world that cannot read anything at all.
You are so fortunate in ways you never even realize and NONE of it has to do with getting an agent, an acting gig, or the like.
Take a look at just how fortunate you are. Write a list of at least 10 “fortunes” you have. Write the list on a piece of paper small enough to carry with you in your wallet or purse at ALL TIMES. When you find yourself feeling down about missing that audition or having any other “poor me” thoughts, just take out that piece of paper and remind yourself of your riches!
“Be thankful for what you have; you’ll end up having more. If you concentrate on what you don’t have, you will never, ever have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey
Please take the opportunity right now to share with the rest of the community, just how fortunate you are. Please let us know in the comments section below.
Thank you Lisa
Love you and your advice
GOD bless you and thank you for all the good you do for us
Hi Freddie, I sooo appreciate the blessing and return it to you as well!
Thank you so much for the reminder. I am so fortunate to have everything mentioned in this post (minus the parents still together) plus a few others like, fresh air to breathe, bottled natural spring water to drink, the ability to prepare and eat good quality food, people who genuinely care about me and people who I care about and I am ever so fortunate to have and to care for my beloved parrot Oliver and the fish in my 55 gallon tank as well as the tank and everything else that keeps it functioning well. Not to mention the biggest fortune o f them all, the awareness of the difference between money and fortune. ?
Here here Steven, and thanks for putting it out to all of the readers, as well as the Universe, specifically what you are grateful for! Pet owners have a very special place in the world…don’tcha know it!
Hi Lisa,
Thank you so much for this heartfelt communication to me and to so many others. I so appreciate it today especially. On the day of the Big Eclipse I affirmed complete Soul Totality and your sharing expresses much of what life means to me.Bless you and all you are, all you do. Alan DeValle
Alan I couldn’t have asked for a better response to this post. I’m so grateful to find aligned actors/artists who know the true meaning of creativity and that abundance and fortune comes in so many different forms. Thank YOU!
Totally agree with everything you said. And though I’m sitting here recovering from pneumonia, I’m so grateful I have amazing health insurance, awesome Drs, fabulous friends right by my side and work for a company that completely understands. Talk about being blessed! ??
Hey Monica, you’re someone who is looking on the bright side and that’s what it takes to make it in this biz…and in life! There’s contrast everywhere we look: The good/bad, right/wrong, wanted/unwanted and those of us that can stay on the right hand side of that “slash” will always feel better than the ones focusing on the left side. Sending healing vibes your way for healthy clear lungs and happy clear sailing in your acting career!