I am continuously looking to create the exceptional expression of an idea.
My Achilles heal in this scenario is that I often don’t begin or I start with little conviction for fear of my inevitable lack of success. Failure is often not a miss in my creation but rather it is personified in my inability to find an audience that will sustain the efforts needed to create, ie pay the bills.
The compounding interest of this fear and failure loop is that ideas that show promise become buried and discarded stifled by a lack of conviction. The fear feeds the failure and the creative debt load becomes destructive.
The right path does not appear in front of us. It unfolds. A path must be taken, step by step. I look at my choices and am happy with some and frustrated with others. I explore them and the answers become clear. The decisions that are made with joy and conviction are embraced and supported. The choices, taken and not, that are influenced and driven by fear are loathed and destructive.
What are my next steps? The first is taking my head out of the sand, in this case it’s probably my ass.
I came across these four words yesterday: beliefs, character, actions, effort. The four in combination create a fundamental compass to begin to guide my path.
Beliefs: trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something.
Character: the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual.
Actions: the fact or process of doing something, typically to achieve an aim.
Effort: a vigorous or determined attempt.
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