Where are the movie stars?
Read this next time you don’t feel good enough…
I’m sitting in a crowded lobby in Los Angeles, surrounded by 100 or so people. Not one of them looks like a movie star. No one has perfect hair, a perfect family, a perfect life.
I’m at a fancy conference in Boulder. There are a thousand CEOs and founders here. Not one is gliding through her day the way the folks on magazine covers are. Not one has a glitch-free project and the clear sailing that the articles imply.
And here, at the gym in Yonkers, I’m not seeing a single person who looks like he could be on the cover of Men’s Health.
Role models are fine. But not when they get in the way of embracing our reality. The reality of not enough time, not enough information, not enough resources. The reality of imperfection and vulnerability.
There are no movie stars. Merely people who portray them now and then.
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I wish this was written by me, but it’s another gem by the incredible modern philosopher Seth Godin. Seth puts his doses of wisdom out into the world on a daily basis. And every now and then some of them – like this one – speak to me right at my very core.
Next time you feel like you aren’t pretty enough/ready enough/thin enough/successful enough – any kind of ready enough to step in front of the camera and have your photo taken, read this first.
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Photos below are from a shoot last year with the lovely Steph, mum of two from Gippsland who won the Mummy Makeover prize which include shopping with a stylist, hair and makeup and a photo shoot – basically a day living like a celebrity! I love that even though Steph’s day to day life is nothing like that of a movie star, she got in front of my camera, had fun and enjoyed herself.
When’s the last time you let yourself play for a day?
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