Does anyone else ever feel like what they are talented at is not necessarily what they want to do? Sometimes I feel that instead of writing I'd like to just move out into the woods and build a cabin and learn to do things like track animals, fire a bolt-action rifle, make thinks out of wood, and navigate by the stars...but then I have all of these stories that just wanna pop out of my head. Is this frustration merely part of being creative? Whatever the reason, it sucks.
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I used to struggle with that question (i.e, what should I do? What I appear to be successful at, or what I want to do?)
The thing is, if you really ask the question of what it is you want to do, chances are, you won't have a clear answer.
So my approach eventually turned into just doing, and the rest I figured would follow.
And I think I was right.
I do a lot of things now with much passion and joy, and here comes the rub: Some just pay better than others, and some not at all.
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ha! no doubt. some pay not at all. writing, for most people, falls under the "not at all" category, or pretty close to not at all. so that's certainly a consideration, but it shouldn't be the only one, b/c it's possible to live on next to nothing if you're okay with *having* nothing.
i heard a great little quote about this the other day. the guy said, "if you won the lottery tomorrow, what would you do for the rest of your life? whatever your answer is, you should be doing it anyway, regardless of whether you win the lotto or not."
"It's not your work to make anything happen. It's your work to dream it and let it happen. Law of Attraction will make it happen. In your joy, you create something, and then you maintain your vibrational harmony with it, and the Universe must find a way to bring it about. That's the promise of Law of Attraction.
Excerpted from a workshop in Larkspur, CA on Sunday, August 16th, 1998
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huh. that's a good way to put it. if the creation comes with joy, or with honesty, it's more likely to resonate with others.
I think so often we confuse talent with practice. The line between the two is blurry, and I remind myself of that when I get to thinking that my dreams are so terribly disjointed from who I am, or what I'm good at.
And call me idealistic (or stubborn), but I think that there's usually a way to bridge that divide. If you want it bad enough.
you're right. and that way, i'd say, is practice. lots of it.
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