On Stage!!!

Shakespeare....

Jaques:
All the world's a stage,
And all the men and women merely players;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages.

As You Like It Act 2, scene 7, 139–143

I am an avid fan of live theater!  Real entertainment!  Not junk and rubbish and coarseness/vulgarity etc. but just pure entertainment.  I admire those souls with that show must go on attitude and the courage and bravery of stepping on a stage and sharing your voice/your dance/your whatever you are showcasing, be it solo or ensemble, right there!, in plain sight for all to see!  To hopefully have all enjoy their offerings but the vulnerability of rejection looms in the wings, as one shares themselves with no house lights, rendering the audience faceless beings, in their darkened seats.

This week I got to attend two performances.  One at the Warehouse Theater and the other at the Capitol Theater.  One comedic- A Christmas Story and one ballet, The Nutcracker.  Bravo!!  Bravo!!  Going for dinner, being with friends, making an evening of it was just bliss!!

When I think of play actors, I think of the scriptures that talk about that subject.   Matthew, Chapter 6:1-18.  Jesus is still preaching the Sermon on the Mount and he is talking about appropriate alms-giving/acts of religious devotion and also appropriate prayer and also appropriate fasting.  The question is...

do we (hypocrites) do things for the reward of being noticed by others? 

or 

do we (His followers) do things privately and let God reward us ?  

footnote 6:2a hypocrites....

GR pretenders; the Greek word means 'a play actor,' 

or "one who feigns, represents dramatically, 

or exaggerates a part.'

Sometimes I cast myself and take center stage, in the lead role, the star... 
The Pretender!!  Basking in the spotlight!!  Bowing and absorbing the applause!! 

Do you?