On the road again…

mountainroad

 

The road to success is always under construction

– American actress, comedian, producer, and screenwriter, Lily Tomlin, was born on this day in 1939.

No, I’m not traveling anywhere.

Not in the get in the automobile and drive to the nearest Sheetz or Wawa to get coffee for the trip kind of way.

That’s next weekend with my upcoming high school reunion.

I am driving through a lot of construction on my way to the office these days. It seems the City of Richmond likes to select a block and approve plans for construction on all four surrounding streets at the same time.

No backup worries there.

Then there’s this stretch of I-64 in Kentucky. I drive through there on the way to my college alma mater. For the last 40 years (and now you know which high school reunion) that certain stretch seems to have been under construction. It probably hasn’t, but I do not recall a trip without seeing the all too familiar orange and white barrels.

It seems in life that we never quite arrive. I suppose it depends on how you define success.

I’m an author, not yet a successful one. I’m an actor, again not yet what I would call successful.

Oh sure, I’ve had some triumphs. But I’m not a point where I can say “Oh, I’ve done that, I can quit now.”

Is anyone ever?

People retire from the stage (or film) all the time. Or they say they’re not writing any more.

I’m not sure that’s a definition of success.

Success is not in things, I have plenty. It’s not in money, I have…some…not always enough to pay for the plenty of things.

So, if I use that as my measure of success then I’m never quite going to feel like I’m there.

To me success means I found something that I like, or love, doing, and I’m getting to do it. Over and over.

How much more successful do you have to be?

Is everything perfect? Of course not.

Am I without worries? Hardly.

Do I spend every day, mostly, looking for the next writing opportunity or the next audition.

Yeah, pretty much.

That’s the construction part.

There may be delays from the guys standing there with the “Stop” or “Slow” signs. But eventually I’ll get moving again.

At least those are my good intentions.

But wait…those pave another road…

__________________

Follow The Write Side of My Brain on Google+Facebook and Pinterest.

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

slot777situs luar gacorslot toto gacorslot mahjongslot gacor hari inislot server luarslot mahjong gacorsitus luar gacorlink gacor maxwinslot gacor maxwinslot luar negerislot 88slot toto gacorslot luar negerislot gacor 88slot maxwinslot toto gacorslot gacor maxwinlink alternatif pacutoto99slot gacor maxwinslot toto gacorslot gacor 4dslot maxwinslot 4d gacorsitus slot gacorslot gacor maxwinslot maxwinslot totoslot server luarslot luar gacormaxwin totositus luar gacorsitus slot gacorslot toto gacorsitus luar gacortoto gacorslot totoslot luar gacorsitus luar gacorslot server luarslot toto gacortoto gacorslot totoslot luar gacorsitus luar gacorslot gacor maxwinslot server luarslot luar gacorslot gacor maxwinmaxwin totolink gacor maxwinslot gacormaxwin slotslot maxwinslot gacor maxwinslot toto gacor maxwinslot maxwinslot asiaslot server luarslot jepangslot server asiaslot luar negerislot server thailandspaceman slotslot 4dthailand slotserver jepang gacorasia slotslot gacor maxwintoto slot gacorslot thailand resmiserver thailand slotserver jepang slotserver asia slotserver malaysia slotserver luar slotserver macau slotserver hongkong slotslot luar 4dslot toto gacorslot server thailandslot server luar negerislot dana 5000slot thailandslot server jepangslot server luarslot luar negeri 4dslot dana gacorsitus toto gacorslot toto gacorslot server luarpacutoto99 link alternatifslot gacor 4dslot server thailandslot server luarslot dana 5000slot toto gacorslot luarslot luar negeritotoslot luar 4dws168toto slotslot gacor maxwinslot totoslot maxwinslot luar 4dslot luarslot asiatoto gacorslot totoslot gacor 4dslot gacor server luar hari inislot toto gacorslot onlinesabung ayam onlineslot server luarslot server thailandslot totoslot gacor server luar hari inislot toto gacorslot server luarslot luar negerisv388slot thailanddigmaanslot totoslot server luarsv388slot thailandsv388slot totosv388digmaanws168slot totoslot server thailanddigmaanslot totopacutoto99luarsv388ws168totopacutoto99pacutoto99pacutoto99