By Rebecca Strassberg | Posted Feb. 24, 2014, 3 p.m.

What if you were given the role of a lifetime?

A character thats beautiful and dangerous and mysterious and exciting and complicated and messed up and Divinity expressed in tangible form and spectacular and empathetic and scary andwell, human?

I asked an actress this and she said, Id be thrilled beyond beliefand also a little scared.

Do you know what that role is? Its your life.

The role of a lifetime is you. Why are we looking for it in another person or character or relationship when its really about bringing all of your stuff to a role?Yourstuffbecomesthe experience.

There will never be another you from now until the end of time in perpetuity. Its mind-boggling to realize that since the earth began some 4.5 billion years ago, there has never been another you ever created. Theres never even been someone remotely like you walking this planet. Ever. That makes your lifetime a wonderful gift in itself.

Youre all youve got. And all youll ever be is already contained within yourself. Seek it there, and realize that all parts of yourself are what make you uniquely you.

Stop apologizing for your mistakes. Make them, fail gloriously, attempt things boldly. Live on the edge spectacularly; slide into errors magnificently.

Nothing bad comes from failing. Our challenges in life really come when we have a desire for something and are too scared to attempt it in fear of failing.

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Youve Already Gotten the Role of Your Lifetime