Leah Charles
Hello world!
I do all the things above but I am so much more.
I love music - my first love... Being creative is as natural to me as breathing air. I have so much inside me sometimes I'm scared it will get lost.
I started in the game as a kid when I was taught that if you worked really hard people would recognise that and through your experiences you can achieve anything.
That was in the 80's.
Now I'm living in a world where everyone wants to be "somebody" without working hard for it, and experience in the game means nowt when you can go on a reality show or get off with footballers and make a living.
I ain't mad! Just getting even... ;-)
It just means my journey is longer and more arduous, but it also means that when I get there, wherever "there" is, I will savour the flavour even more.
I don't do this for me. I do it because a higher force propells me to.
I've had many a door shut in my face, yes its getting harder to pick myself back up, but I have no choice, do I?
I have no role models. No mentors. And I wish I did. They are hard to come by. So, I work hard and aim to be the best I can be not for fame (gross!), but especially for all the young girls, teenagers and the normal people with a dream who fight hard each day to get their break.
I've been a presenter and producer for years. I've done lots. Achieved lots.
Have you heard of me? Probably not.
Does this mean I am not accomplished because I am not "famous"? Of course not!
Does it mean one should be given golden opportunities on a platter simply because they came 8th place in a reality show? Don't be daft!!!
But please tell "them" that....
Maybe I should get off with a footballer or hang out at the gates of hell and sell my soul? Oh, I can't be bothered and its against my religion anyway.
So I continue to train like Rocky Balboa in the third movie... humming the tune Survivor once penned for folks like myself... developing my skills further... getting bigger and better... lying in wait until something changes... and a change is a'coming!!
It HAS to.
Good things happen to good people.
Every dog has its day.
Every cloud has a silver lining.
Blah, blah, blah.
I BELIEVE something good will happen and my time is coming. Soon. (I won't forget you!)