Spare Change

Hollywood Connect Thursday E-mail - June 17, 2010

I’m happy to announce that we’ve got a pretty big change coming to Hollywood Connect in just a few weeks. I won’t spoil the surprise by telling you what is about to happen, but… okay, fine, just a hint or two: it’s something good and it’s been in the works for over a year now. We’re pretty excited about it. The countdown starts now.

How’s that for building suspense?

We all have different reactions to change in our lives. Some people, especially you early adopters out there, are enthusiastic about it. For others, however, change represents a departure from the comfortable and thus is to be studiously avoided. But if we really stop and think about it, we have to change in order to grow in any way – artistically, emotionally, relationally, physically, and more. After all, you can’t simultaneously change and remain the same. It would be like trying to go on a long sea voyage with one foot planted firmly on the dock.

Ultimately, change is inevitable (except from vending machines, as a much wiser man than me once observed). Even if you don’t happen to change, change will happen to you, whether you like it or not. That is to say, when you don’t make change for the better in your life with intent and purpose, change will occur by default anyway, and absent the intervening grace of God, with all the pressures of heat and time, such involuntary change will typically point downward.

As such, I don’t think we should change just for the sake of change, because not all change moves us forward. Change is only good when it is purposefully pointed in the right direction.

Even if you aren’t able to change your circumstances at the moment, you can still change yourself and the way you react to your circumstances. Give it some thought: what is the change happening in your life pointed towards? In many ways, that is up to you, both as an artist and as a human being. Life doesn’t have to stay the way it is. There is always room to grow.

You’ll be seeing some of that growth with Hollywood Connect in the next month or so, so keep an eye out. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what you discover.

All my best,

Shun Lee
Director
Hollywood Connect

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