The Courage to Live Creatively

For 20+ years, I have known that there is an energy that has been waiting to be unleashed.

Society tells us to say “no” to this. Maybe the same has happened to you.

After a lifetime of saying no, I am finally choosing to say yes to the creative urge within me.

I have bargained with it, negotiated with it, and have supressed it. I have tried to manipulate it and convince myself of alternatives.

But, as I near my 35th birthday and look at my baby daughter, I realize I need to have the courage to be the person I am.

They say I need to be practical. But the practical reality is that I will be a lot more successful doing what I love. Because I can give myself fully to my work.

I am scared to do it. But it is scarier still to hold myself back and look back at a life that is half-lived.

They say leave work at the door and focus instead on what actually matters – family, spirituality, yoga, etc. But what if work itself can be a spiritual practice? What if being creative means to show up with an energy to engage more fully in my relationships?

Creativity is the natural order of life. Life itself is creative energy. Creativity is my gift from God. To use this creativity is my gift back to God.

What does creativity mean? Does it mean to write? To paint? To make music?

I am choosing to think of creativity as a way of letting the higher power create through me. Some days, it will be in the form of a written word. Other day, it will be in the form of videos. Or products, services, talks and more.

To create is to give myself fully. To feel into things. To trust. To leap into the empty void. To lead with my heart and then engage the head to stick the landing.

This is a scarier way to live. I am sometimes jealous of my friends who are doctors, lawyers, actuaries, engineers, and more. The small shop owners.

But as the world economy evolves, I realize that to live a creative life is the only real game left. It is a game that never ends. You play it because the game itself is endlessly interesting.

While with other jobs, people play will play until they win the Monopoly game. Their homes are made.

Not so with the creative. My game is endless and I wish to play it forever.

My inspiration to play this game in my own way comes from a man who gave himself to the world. Pramukh Swami Maharaj. He taught to live and give abundantly. To hold nothing back. To love freely and openly. To always inspire. To always give.

Why would I not want to live like that?

If you have been waiting for a sign to live creatively, take this to be it. And join me for the journey!