And these will not be friends like your buds back home, whose only contribution to your calling was to distract you and waste your time. These new friends share your dream. They’ll make space for you in their fourth-floor walkup in Williamsburg. They’ll share Ubers with you, and they’ll help you get a job at the Shake Shack. They’ll run lines with you before auditions. In other words, these new friends are your true spiritual companions. They too have a dream—the same dream you have. They too have left home to pursue it. Like you, they are on the Yellow Brick Road.
