Life. Is. Hard.
That’s the end all and be all. Life is hard.
In the last month, I’ve lost a friend I’d had since the age of 3 AND a friend I made in high school. I also lost an older friend (someone with whom I had daily interactions) and yet someone else who was close to at least 3 people “close” to myself.
It doesn’t get easier. It never gets any easier. The more people you lose vs. the relationship of the person to yourself… it never gets “easy.”
You can be a performer who has the community of LA wrapped around your finger or a local do-gooder whose sacrifices and activities go unnoticed by 0.0000001% of the population…. But the loss of your contribution to the efforts and cause and community never go completely unnoticed.
While David and I have been trying to simultaneously build a life together in the world of real estate and the world 0f the theater, we have realized the difference between our artistic contributions and the apparent community contributions around us. It’s always hard to continue when you feel as though your contribution is not counted or unnoticed; but David has his own way of contributing towards the community; as do I.
It’s never silence. We watch Dr. Who, but reality is never silence. No matter what’s happening, silence never wins.
Period.
Silence doesn’t win.
Erika Diane 