The 'Bruce Leroy' Moment....

One of my favorite movies growing up was 'The Last Dragon' for more than 1 reason. I loved the fight scenes & how Bruce Leroy started as the one everyone laughed at, then ended with even his little brother respecting him: "...No, He's da Master!" As an adult, I loved the movie for a different reason: the 'Bruce Leroy' moment. For those who have not seen the movie in a while or maybe never, there is a part at the end that Shonuff (the bad guy) was dunking Leroy's head in water and kept asking him "Whooo, Is da Masta?" [As in kung-fu master of Harlem] Every time Leroy's head went into the water he would have flashbacks from the movie, when people were telling him in one shape or another that He was 'the Master' [Vanity's beautiful ass; his teacher]. The last time Shonuff dunked his head, Bruce Leroy told him 'I AM', then went to whoopin Shonuff's ass. That is what I later learned to be the 'Bruce Leroy' moment = A time when someone realizes that they are made for greater things than they realize; A time that they realize the beginning of their full potential and are ready to share it with the world. I still have 'Bruce Leroy' moments to this day.
The 'Bruce Leroy' moment that effected me the most was when I finally absorbed that I was to be a writer, maybe even born to do it. Not only that I was meant to be a writer, but that I have been a writer for a lot longer than I realized myself. It was hidden inside of me, hiding behind my self made addictions and delusions of what I thought I wanted for my life. It had become a tiny spot curled up in the subliminal of my mind that I had even forgot was there until I started doing it again. I forgot about how I use to make my own books from notebook paper. I forgot how I use to draw the pictures for my stories and make up stories off the top of my head almost with no effort. I forgot about those things because I was too busy thinking about the wrong things > Well, chasing women and getting high didn't seem wrong at the time  LoL,,, but it slowed me from my own Bruce Leeroy moment.
It's so easy for us to misplace what we do at an early age with something we did just to occupy time. It's more than reasonable to know that we do a lot of what we do because we are forced to do different things to earn money for our family. It's also more than reasonable to accept that we basically just .... grow up. We come to the realization that our childhood dreams are not gonna pay the bills NOW.  These are obviously more than reasonable justifications for doing what we do, but it doesn't take away the fact that we are born with natural talents that we need only to digest & develop. And that can be the hard part, digesting the fact of our true hidden talents then developing them to become usable for the world of adults.
Honestly, I've never stopped dreaming though. I've never stopped dreaming about writing stories and movies for the world to see. Metaphorically, my head has been dunked into the water many times and I constantly have flashbacks of what I can be >> or better yet, should be.
A while ago, I finally tried something that I've thought about doing since sneaking into a movie theater at 8 years old  to see Eddie Murphy's Raw then getting my ass whooped when I finally got home about 10 o'clock:  doing stand-up comedy. I was garbage! LoL. At least to me I was. I've been up on stage over 30 times now and love it like I've been paid for it or am actually good at it. My Bruce Leeroy moments came in my head when thinking about my life. I thought about when I got comfortable around someone, I've never had a problem making people laugh. I was always the class clown In class at least. Now that I've got a few times under my belt, it's like playing basketball to me >> It's a hobby I love to do. I'll never make the pros but I'll have fun doing it because it's just what I love to do now [Maybe a bad example because I'm still far from where I wanna be, but still a Bruce Leeroy moment]... For the last few years, writing has been my most profound Bruce Leeroy moment. Not only something I know I'll eventually be able to call myself 'da Masta' of, but I believe to be a life altering moment of realization for me...
Like Bruce Leeroy, I expect to be laughed at [hopefully doing comedy], doubted, and have times when I may not have confidence >> But I ultimately expect to get that Glow at the end of MY movie before the credits roll ,,, the Lord Willing