Soul
Revelation
“Creativity
itself doesn't care at all about results—the only thing it craves
is the process. Learn to love the process and let whatever happens
next happen without fussing too much about it. Work like a monk, or a
mule, or some other representative metaphor for diligence. Love the
work. Destiny will do what it wants with you regardless.”
Elizabeth
Gilbert
Some
final thoughts about living creatively: Don't worry about the
results. Many of us are so afraid that whatever we do is not good
enough to have a financial return, that we don't try. Our creative
endeavors may pay off in terms of money, and they may not. It's none
of our business either way—what is our business is getting so
deeply into the work that we lose track of time. So deeply that we
forget everything except the way the story, or the vision, or the
piece of work is composing itself in front of us. What comes out and
reveals itself is our very own soul. And our soul work does not have
a price.
My
old friend, Mary Virginia Brown, once told me, “Don't ever write
anything unless you have to, and never write anything that is not
your own story.” At the time, I took that as criticism, but today,
I realize the truth of it. People who write, or paint, or dance, or
(insert your own soul work) do it because they have to—it's
imperative. It's not about the financial return, though it's nice
when that happens; it's about unique soul expression. The love is in
the process and not the product. If you set out to create something
simply to make money, you end up with a soulless product that carries
within it no love, no Eros, no energy.
So,
here's my final word on creativity: Don't be afraid to fail. Don't be
afraid of not being the best. Do not be afraid of ANYTHING. Instead,
throw yourself into the work and love every minute of it. You have a
beautiful soul just waiting to be revealed.
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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