The Deena Show : Everything is fleeting

Aug 19, 2012

Everything is fleeting

The shaved head. An update.

Picture above was taken yesterday on exactly the two month mark since the shave.

Hard to believe it was first this:

And that I actually did this:

Everything is so fleeting. Every stage, every age, every version of you and your loved ones. In learning this, I don't mind one bit having to go through what you might call "awkward" phases of growing out my hair. In fact, I like it. I like that right now it wants to be in a mohawk. Chances are, it never will be again so why not embrace it? Once that part's gone, it's gone.

Just like when I did the initial shave. I can't believe I crossed something off my bucket list and it's already behind me! Sure it was two months ago, but I've already forgotten what it was like to walk around with it all buzzed off.

So many people ask why I did it. If you don't know, please take a second to read this:

WHY I SHAVED MY HEAD

I've never been as present as I have been the last (nearly) three months since CHUCK. I've also never experienced such a rapid inner growth and had this much change thrust upon me. It's made me appreciate change all the more. I long for it.

Forward momentum. Metamorphosis. Accept and allow.

I've been meaning to post this TED talk for quite some time, one of my favorites and one that has really resonated at this particular time.

Neil Pasricha: The 3 A's of awesome

Please take 17 minutes and watch this. You'll be so happy you did!

"The cashiers at your grocery store, the foreman at your plant, the guy tailgating you home on the highway, the telemarketer calling you during dinner, every teacher you've ever had, everyone that's ever woken up beside you, every politician in every country, every actor in every movie, every single person in your family, everyone you love, everyone in this room...and you...will be dead in 100 years. Life is so great that we only get such a short time to experience and enjoy all those tiny little moments that make it so sweet. And that moment is right now and those moments are counting down and those moments are always always always fleeting. You will never be as young as you are right now."

- Neil Pasricha

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1 comment:

Cori KeslerAugust 23, 2012 at 1:25 PM
I'm having a hard time enjoying the current version of me. Hopefully it's fleeting.
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Welcome! My name is Deena Marie Manzanares. Because I think it's far more interesting to know who people are, rather than what they do, let's start there. I'm a highly sensitive person who often felt my heart was made of glass, my nervous system on the outside, not meant for a world so harsh. Over the years I learned to harness life's alchemy to redirect my perceived weakness into my superpower. I am the softest warrior you'll ever meet.

I am a single mother to my son. I saw him in a vision years before he was even a possibility. Birth was the moment of my life. Housing the bones and soul of another is completely life-altering, and put all my priorities in just the right places. He is the greatest love I've ever known.

I'm an actor, model, and tv host. Theatre, and storytelling are sacred to me. As an actor, and as an audience member I am able to dissipate into the whole. Relating to story reminds us we are not alone.

I am a member of Actors Equity Association, and represented by Talent Management Group. I'm brand ambassador for business Got Beauty. I am associate artist with the Sting and Honey theatre company. I am a tv host for ABC4.

Over the years I created a large social media following after an extremely popular YouTube channel(s).

I am a shapeshifting poet. My heart comes in many forms. My words, my poetry, my art, my exchanges with you. I'm in progress. I am a giant heartbeat, I am learning, I am sharing it with you here...