| When I first left my prestigious legal career to dare the | | | | something and didn't get it? That form would simply |
| writing life, part of me was terrified that I would fail. Of | | | | turn into another. In the creative life, everything |
| course I didn't want to starve. But worse yet for my | | | | catalyzes us into further expression. I have an artist |
| precious ego, I couldn't bear looking stupid. I dreaded | | | | client who ripped up a painting into tiny pieces and then |
| feeling like I'd chased a hint of a rainbow and slammed | | | | used those fragments in a mosaic design. There is no |
| into the rusted barbed wire of reality. "She should have | | | | wasted love. Even science says, that pure energy can |
| kept her day job," crooned the gremlins in my mind. | | | | never be destroyed. |
| Today I know you can only thrive by doing something | | | | If you don't get a certain result, I bet there's a better fit |
| that you love. It's just common sense. Doing something | | | | for you down the road. For example, I sent a |
| you love gives you invincible strength and peace of | | | | self-conscious manuscript of This Time I Dance! |
| mind. There is no way to fail. Here's why: | | | | Creating the Work You Love to literary agents who |
| 1) You breathe fire when you're inspired. When we do | | | | rejected it. That "failure" prompted me to totally ignore |
| something we love, we tap into dynamic mastery and | | | | "the market" and write, design and self-publish the |
| limitless grace. When I love, I become extraordinary. I | | | | book of my bones. Later my self-published book was |
| can move mountains and I am thrilled to do so. Nothing | | | | discovered, praised, and bought by Tarcher/Penguin. |
| is an obstacle to an explosion. | | | | I'm glad those first few agents refused my original |
| 2) Doing what you love turns a moment into a moon | | | | manuscript. That "failure" gave me nothing left to loose |
| walk. Using your talent alters your brain chemistry, | | | | and prompted me to pray and wail on paper. It led me |
| expands time, boosts your immune system, and | | | | to my greatest joy yet. |
| makes you more attractive to your cat and to your | | | | But people do fail, you think. No, that's interpretation. |
| sensitive people friends. The creative mind realizes | | | | Some may choose to wear a momentary outcome |
| new possibilities and makes different choices. One | | | | as a poisonous badge of honor, lift a bitter glass of |
| creative thought tends to lead to another and another | | | | cynicism and toast the death of dreams. But that's a |
| and pretty soon you're in the rapture zone and can do | | | | choice. It's the choice to stop dancing, to stop learning, |
| anything-except fail. | | | | to stop believing, and trusting the integrity of your |
| 3) Doing what you love guarantees you peace of | | | | journey. |
| heart. Personal integrity inspires an ease of soul. I feel | | | | I never fail while dancing. As long as I'm listening to the |
| proud when I take a stand for my own life. When I'm | | | | moment and moving, I'm going forward; there is no |
| ignoring my love and gifts, I am jumpy and irritable or | | | | going backward. So dear one, our success is inevitable. |
| depressed and lethargic. No matter what my life looks | | | | There is no wasted love. There is no wasted |
| like, I am failing every minute by not doing my dreams. | | | | creativity. There is no wasted peace of mind. And |
| It's the undertow of "soul failure," the haunted feeling | | | | there is no way to stand still in your life, when you're |
| that we're not living what we came to live. | | | | dancing. |
| Okay, so what would happen if you tried for | | | | ©2007 Tama J. Kieves. All rights reserved. |