Like all emotions, resentment and anger are messengers. They carry important information. They let us know when our boundaries are being violated and compel us to rectify the situation. When we are afraid to assert ourselves — because we want to avoid conflict, because we don’t want to hurt another person’s feelings – we end up betraying ourselves, which doesn’t serve us or them. You can’t give what you don’t have. You can’t protect what you love when you can’t protect yourself. One of the paradoxical things about creativity is that it thrives when it has edges to chafe against. You can’t break the rules when you don’t have rules to break. You can’t explore the breadth and depth of your territory when you don’t know where it begins and ends. You can’t invent out of necessity when there is no necessity. If the most creative work of your life is the act of inventing, or reinventing, yourself — and it is — give yourself the freedom of knowing where your edges are. Listen to your feelings, your instincts, your soul. They will outline those edges for you. When you’re safe inside them, you can develop a self that is bold and rich and overflowing with talent, love and purpose. Then, no matter how much of it you give away, you can always make more. Much more. -Justine Musk
Posted on: Sat, 09 Aug 2014 15:20:07 +0000
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