Are You Here To Be In Show Business? 73When I interact with the world and nature, I feel a part of the whole
thing. I’m a cog in the wheel. I’m a lot of things, dependent on what’s
going on. I’m kind of like, what is plastic? It’s the dashboard on your car,
it’s the bag you put your groceries in, it’s the covering of your TV set,
and it’s the outside of your computer. What is anything really? At any
given time, that role could morph into several different versions of myself.
What events or series of events led to your discovery?
For me it was more surrender than discovery. I surrendered myself and
then let go. Often times, depending on who you are, it’s difficult to find
out how you fit into society. For instance, if you grow up with a knack
for science, or a knack for writing, or you have a knack for playing a
musical instrument everyone knows what you’re going to be at young
age. But if your knack is to be, let’s say, the Rodney King of this lifetime,
who knew you were going to grow up to say one of the famous quotes of
all time, “Can’t we all just get along?”
There’s a guy who may have appeared to be a loser, when in fact,
he’s not a loser. He’s just a cog in the big wheel. He’s a part that affects
all of us in some way. Even in what appeared to be his darkest hour, he
affected the world in a really powerful way. He affected his city. He
made a difference.
It’s easy to recognize the Einsteins, the Nobel Peace Prize winners,
the Oscar winners and the presidents of the world. Those people are easy
to spot. It’s the “not-so- significant” people who aren’t as easy to spot,
but they have so much to offer the world and so much to contribute to
society if we’d only listen to them.
If you could give advice to those who are still searching for their
purpose in life, what would it be?
I’d say the search is over; start going toward what you enjoy. Start going
toward what you love to do, even if you feel like for some reason you’re
not able to do that right now. If you’re looking for yourself, you need to
walk toward it. Don’t let fear stop you in your tracks. Don’t let fear keep
you from doing what you were put here to do. Sometimes, you’ll have to
walk into the mouth of the beast, and if you do...the beast will just turn
into a bunny rabbit.