Maybe it'll be okay

Yesterday the cast list for Romeo and Juliet went up. Yesterday I walked to the theater and legit thought it was the longest walk of my life. Yesterday I found my name on that list, but not the part I wanted.

For a split second I thought that I had a chance to do something that was unexpected. (Which I don't think should be unexpected...) Yesterday I was super bitter, because in my mind, we had the chance to do something incredible. Something different. Yesterday I was feeling so mediocre. Incredible average.

And then I realized...

It's going to be okay. I got the part of the nurse. AND IT'S FANTASTIC! Today I'm stoked! Today I'm excited to start rehearsals. I'm excited for this cast, because I think everyone is gonna be so wonderful together. Today it'll be okay. It's going to be a great production, and I'm so grateful for this opportunity. Thank you to all of you who congratulated me. I have the best friends and family a girl could ask for :)

Let's rock it!

xoxo, Lisha

Stronger

Being alone is hard.

Being somewhere new is harder.

Making new friends is fun...ish.

Having friends already here is heaven.

Missing my peeps back home is harder than last time.

But I'm strong.

Stronger than I thought.

And that is comfort.

Enough to keep me sane.

--Lisha Michel

New

It's like everything changed.

And stayed the same.

It's like I'm here by myself.

Surrounded by family.

It's like my routine has suddenly changed.

But in a good way, too.

I feel ready, and nervous.

I feel old.

I feel new.

I feel like crying because you're gone.

But smiling my heart out because I have

new things to get attached to.

I know you'll never get old.

And nothing is ever new.

--Lisha Lynn Michel

Lucky

So I will be the first one to admit that more often than not, I forget how blessed I am. I get blue and think "Woe is me", when I have it pretty good. I have a job. I have amazing friends and family. I have food to eat. A warm bed to sleep in. I have enough technology to keep me entertained for hours on end. I have NOTHING to complain about. And yet, I do.

It will take time to change this mode of thinking, I know this. But I think we all need to remember reasons for being. For smiling. For being thankful. We all have reasons to feel lucky. To feel loved. To feel appreciative of everything we have.

We are lucky.