There has been a point in everyone’s childhood where you have dreamed of doing or being something great. For some us those dreams became a reality. For some, we never allow them to fade away. For others, they did fade away. I’m one of those people who have not allowed my childhood dream to fade away. Every since I was ten years old, I always dreamed of becoming a famous actress and living in Hollywood. I remember asking my mom about enrolling me in acting classes, but that was something that she and my dad were not in a position to do. So the closes to acting that I was able to do were the small plays that I participated in at my church as well as drama classes in middle school and high school.
When I started my freshman year of college, I wanted to major in theatre, but chose biology. The reason I chose biology is because I felt that if anyone had asked me what my major was, it would sound like I would have all of these job opportunities waiting for me when I graduated. I felt that if I was to say I’m a theatre major, then the question would be asked, what good job do you expect to get with a theatre degree? I’m quite sure that many people have majored in fields because that’s what their parents wanted or you would have a better chance at getting a good job. Even today, many college students are stuck in a position of completing four years and being happy that they studied their passion no matter the outcome or settling for a degree in a field that their parents wanted for them or for better opportunities job wise, and being unhappy working in a career they never wanted.
During the second semester of my freshman year, I was in a biology class and very unhappy. I felt that I should be learning about acting and spending the next three years of college studying and training to do what I have always talked about since I was ten years old. So one day after biology class, I told myself that I didn’t know what job I will get after I had graduated or how I was even going to get into acting, I was going to enjoy the rest of my college years studying what Valerie wanted. So the next day, I changed my major and I was assigned an advisor in the theatre department. While I was in college, I enrolled myself in one of the acting classes at the community college not far from the university that I was attending. The class was at night and I was working at a daycare at the time, so I was able to pay for it. It was a small class, but I learned a lot and I knew that I had made the right decision changing my major. Some of us tend to force ourselves to settle for an alternative focus rather than grabbing hold of our main focus. That is what causes people to go through life bitter or angry at other people for pursing or living out their dreams. Trust me, even today I ask myself did I make the right decision. Was it a true passion or was it just a childhood dream? At the end of each day, it was a childhood dream that truly became my passion.
As we become adults, some of the things that we thought we wanted to do as a child were based on things that we may have done growing up. For example, I thought I wanted to be a professional track runner. That thought was provoked because I was the fastest runner on the track team both middle school and high school. The coaches were impressed with me and everyone used to brag about speedy Valerie. Even my dad bragged that his daughter was blowing people out on the track! When I became a high school senior and my coach began to talk about recruiters, I just was not excited about it. I didn’t tell him that, but I knew my calling was to be an actress, not a professional athlete. Today, when I look back on my student athlete years, I have a clear understanding now that being a great track runner was just a gift that was given to me to help me through my school years. Running track was an outlet to keep me active and possibly pay for college. Even though I didn’t get a track scholarship, I realize that trying to be a professional athlete would not have really defined who Valerie was. My childhood dream was to become an actress, and pursuing that dream forced me to really find out who Valerie was. I was offered enough financial aid to pay for my college all four years and that to me was even better than having that track scholarship.
As of today, I am still persistently trying to take my acting career to another level. I finally have some things in the works in which you will all see in a matter of time. My acting career is a lot closer to reality and I have made a lot of sacrifices since being out of college to make my childhood dream a reality. I also learned that nothing was going to come easy and sometimes you are the one that has to say I’m taking control. I’m bringing my childhood dream to reality. Nowadays most of us are depending on someone else to bring our dreams to reality when the problem is that our dreams are not that person’s dream. They may have the resources or contacts to help you, but that is not their dream. It is yours! So sometimes the only way your childhood dreams will come to past is that you have to take control and do it yourself! That is something that I had to learn the hard way. After a few false promises, I accepted the fact that Valerie is going to have to bring her childhood dream of being an actress to reality herself! My acting career is just beginning and I am ready to introduce to the world “America’s Rising Star” Ms. Valerie Shantal Green.
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