Not Quite Centerstage

The lights go on, the curtain opens, and there I am... at the side of the stage pulling on the rope that opens the curtains. That is how I feel sometimes. Like I do all the work to make myself this great person that everyone will want to know and love and I get nothing. I'm always in the shadow. People know I'm there, of course (after all, how else would the curtains open?) but they don't really know who I am. I'm just the stage hand, the helper, the one who makes everyone else look good. But that is not the role I want to have. For once, I want to be noticed. I want to star in the movie of my life not just help with the production. 

But maybe to be recognized I need to stop thinking about who I am and start realizing who the people around me are. If I am just the stage hand, after all, I might as well do my job to the best of my ability. And maybe one day someone will appreciate that. Someone will finally notice me and to at least one person, I can be the star. But in order to get to that point, I must graciously perform the task I've been given. I must be content with the shadows for a bit longer.