I LEFT MY DREAM JOB AS THE PRINCIPAL DANCER OF CIRQUE DU SOLEIL! #explorepage #FYP #foryoupage

ONCE I SET FOOT ON TOUR WITH CIRQUE DU SOLEIL IN MY FIRST TOURING CITY OF ATLANTA, I PROMISED MYSELF I WOULD ONLY STAY SO LONG AS I FELT AS GRATEFUL AS I DID THAT DAY.

14 CITIES LATER, 750+ SHOWS LATER, MULTIPLE TELEVISION APPEARANCES, INCLUDING THE TONIGHT SHOW, THE TODAY SHOW, AND PERFORMANCES TO AN AVERAGE OF 25,000 PEOPLE PER WEEK OR ABOUT 2.5 MILLION AUDIENCE MEMBERS, I HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF BEING ASKED TO RENEW MY CONTRACT.

IT WOULD’VE BEEN SO TEMPTING TO STAY AND TRUST ME, IT WAS NO SMALL DECISION. I KNEW THE REST OF MY DREAMS LAY AHEAD OF ME AND I WOULD ONLY BE DOING MYSELF A DISSERVICE IF I DIDN’T GO FOR THEM RIGHT THEN AND THERE.

I’VE NEVER BEEN ONE TO TELL PEOPLE WHAT I DO BEFORE I DO IT, SO I SAID I WAS GOING OFF TO PURSUE THE REST OF MY DREAMS.

SINCE I HAD BEEN NEWLY ENGAGED TO MY FIRST LOVE, PEOPLE THOUGHT I WAS GOING OFF TO GET MARRIED AND HAVE CHILDREN.

WHAT THEY DIDN’T KNOW WAS THAT I WAS OFF TO PURSUE MY CHILDHOOD DREAMS OF BECOMING A FILM AND TELEVISION, ACTOR.
I STILL REMEMBER HAVING A MOMENT THINKING TO MYSELF I’M ONLY 23 AND I FEEL LIKE I’VE GOTTEN SUCH A LATE START AS AN ACTOR BUT IF I DON’T DO THIS NOW, BY AGE 40, EVEN IF I DON’T MAKE IT, I WILL HAVE REGRETTED THAT I NEVER DID IT AT ALL.

AND WHILE I HAVE QUITE AN ILLUSTRIOUS RÉSUMÉ WITH SOME EXTRAORDINARY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS, NOTHING BEATS THE FACT THAT I PURSUED MY DREAMS AND CONTINUE TO DO SO AND THAT IS THE GREATEST GIFT I HAVE EVER GIVEN MYSELF.

WHAT GREATER GIFT IS THERE THAN THAT OF FOLLOWING ONE’S PURPOSE AS IT VALIDATES WHY ONE IS HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE.✨

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