We all have day jobs during this process.
And the more in touch I get with my artistic desires, the more annoyed I become with my day job!
My job entails a lot of marketing, and part of that includes doing demos in stores.
Today I was in a store, and started cracking up at people's reaction to me.
You would have thought I had the most hideous, highly contagious disease.
People would see me, then turn the other way with their carts.
Or if they did come past me, they would speed past me, and not dare to make eye contact.
Others would race past me with their hands over their face and say "NO. No NO"
What was I doing to elicit such behavior? I was standing behind a table. Wearing a smile, waiting to offer free samples to anyone who wanted one.
Not samples of arsenic.
Samples of a gourmet beverage.
A true experience of not taking rejection personally.
Getting that it has nothing to do with me. It's their craziness.
But I will say, next time you are in a store, remember the demo girl is a person too. Just trying to make a living while she is pursuing her true passion. So give her a smile, take a sample, and know that you made a difference in her day. Kindness goes a long way and is appreciated more than we realize.
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