Murray
I’m always looking for quotes, little sentences or paragraphs that point the way toward some truth about the world.
Today, I came across this from Bill Murray:
“Someone told me some secrets early on about living. You have to remind yourself that you can do the very best you can when you’re very, very relaxed. No matter what it is, no matter what your job is, the more relaxed you are, the better you are. That’s sort of why I got into acting. I realized that the more fun I had, the better I did it, and I thought, Well, that’s a job I can be proud of. I’d be proud to have that job, if I had to go to work and say, ‘No matter what my condition or what my mood is, no matter how I feel about what’s going on in my life, if I can relax myself and enjoy what I’m doing and have fun with it, then I can do my job really well.’ And it’s changed my life, learning that. And it’s made me better at what I do. I’m not the greatest or anything. But I really enjoy what I do.”
A psychologist once wrote that people go to therapy to be tightened down or loosened up, and clearly Bill is a member of the loosen up camp.
Here’s the rest of the piece with more advice from the clown prince:
http://www.vulture.com/2014/09/7-steps-to-living-a-bill-murray-life.html
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