After you stop laughing, you’ll
know it is true.
Everyday after you open up your
eyes and roll out of whatever you’ve been resting on you begin your
performance.
It might not be as an actor or a
singer or a fast-talking flimflam sales person, but you are presenting yourself
to the world everyday.
What your wear, comb your hair,
how you walk, how you talk and what you say, hand gestures, what you drive,
where you shop and what you eat all are part of your daily presentation.
The person sleeping in a
cardboard box by the side of the road might not give the greatest performance
of humankind, but it is all part of the show. The faces we listen to on the
screen hold the optimum of presentations and that is why they are there. These
are people who we believe are trustworthy and almost noble enough for their
words to affect our lifestyles.
Preachers are good at
presentations. Used car sales people are good at presentations. Doctors rely on
diplomas on the wall for they are behind mask. Robbers are too and don’t
present themselves well.
To get employed, there is a
presentation. To get a romantic partner, there is a presentation. Some will
require background checks and others will require jewelry. Medical
professionals want to present themselves as sterile while military
professionals want to appear dirty and tough. A teacher should appear smart
while a boss should act like a leader instead of just playing golf and buying
his boss drinks.
Most of us appear in a uniform
of some sort or another, whether it is a fire or police or sports or insurance
agents. The folks who pick up and hall away your garbage do not wear
three-piece suits.
When we return home after a busy
day at whatever we do for hours to earn cash, we change into our comfy
clothing. Why don’t we dress like this all the time?
At the end of the day we slip
into our footy PJs or flannel nightgowns and try to remember our script for the
following day.
Cut!
