Messages for the day - Precision, Resistance, Change

I'm using the deck on Creativity today. What do you need to know about your creativity?

Card 1 - Precision

* The desire to do things precisely is useful as long as it does not devolve into rigidity. This is an indication of either too much or too little focus on Precision. Too much precision becomes being too picky and rigid which stifles creativity. Look at it like a piece of art that needs refinement but too much focus on being perfect can create a sense of rigidity. Too little focus on Precision is not stepping up to self-mastery.

Card 2 - Resistance

* Understanding why you resist what you have to do is a crucial part of the creative process. What you resist will persist. What you resist tells of what pushes your button. Examine what is it that triggers your resistance. When you dig deeper into what triggers you, will eventually free you. Your resistance shows what wounds or limiting beliefs that you still hold which hinders you from moving forward. What are you resisting?

Card 3 - Change

* For a change do something you usually do a certain way in a different way. Or a change of your perspectives of looking at certain situations or people. If you find yourself stuck on your creative projects, try a different approach, style, medium, tools, materials, methods, perspectives etc.

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Card 4 - Start

* You must start from where you are, examine your situation, and take a chance. It is time to take the first steps to make your vision come alive. Many people exhaust their creativity, crafting excuses for why they cannot start doing what they know needs to be done. It cannot be said too often that the best way to overcome inertia and complacency are enemies of creativity is to simply get in the race. Starting does not require you to be a genius. It requires you to be in the race and that you warm up, knowing that you do will be revised substantially and possibly discarded. Just start taking small steps. Are you procrastinating on starting a new creative project because you think you are not creative enough? Or not as creative as other people? It is time to step up and just start doing it!

Card 5 - Contest

* Be yourself fully and you are without comparing, a true winner of the only contest that matters. There is no need to be competing with anyone. You are simply growing into a better version of yourself. Everyone is unique. If you are comparing yourself with others, you set yourself up for stress and suffering. Just be your authentic self and people will see you standing out as different. If there is a contest coming up, take up that challenge to express yourself in an authentic way.

Card 6 - Fear

* If you want to be free of fears and phobia, then you have to understand why they exist, and make peace with them. Fears can paralyze the ability to actualize your creativity if you do not face them with calm awareness and the knowledge that our fears exist to keep us safe. Recognize that some primal fears are meant to protect you but when you are operating unconsciously on fears autopilot, you scare yourself away from the desired course of action by habits and patterns which will keep you stuck and stagnant.

Summary: Are you resistant to change because of fear of being seen or fear of not being good enough? Are you resistant to putting your energy to your creation? Precision takes time and energy to focus. Are you afraid of competing with others whom you think are better? Creativity does not require comparison. It is simply an art of self expression that does not require validation. Do you appreciate yourself or value yourself? If you do not appreciate or value your own creation, how can anyone appreciate it? If you allow your fears to paralyze you, how can anyone appreciate what you can offer?