The power of gratitude
Dear Creative Soul,
Do you know what keeps you from creating what calls out to you?
Is it a lack of talent?
No, you have the ability to create whatever you dream up.
Is it lack of training?
No, you can find all the training you need online.
Is it lack of confidence?
Ha! We are getting closer!
Is it fear?
Of course it is.
Making your art in whatever shape or form it comes is always a struggle between your creativity and fear. Sometimes creativity wins, sometimes fear.
Fear has some other tricks up its sleeve too. For instance, when you are feeling dissatisfied with your work and when you feel like you are a hack, fear talks too.
It takes a lot of strength to keep creatingā¦ Right?
Wrong.
You face your fear by showing up for your art.
If your fear strikes the moment you set out to create, focus on your breath, tell yourself you are breathing in creativity and breathing out fear. It may sound silly but it really helps.
Be so deeply and insanely grateful for the tools of your trade, for all the inspiration you have and for the fact that you get to create.
Be grateful for what creating teaches you.
Be grateful to be alive, to be there at this moment to create whatever inspired you.
Create on!
Sylvia