Do The Things You Love To Do

If you bring forth what is within you, what you bring forth will save you,
If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.
Gospel of Thomas
While researching on Google, I came across the above quote, which I have pasted all over my house.
It is the most profound quote I have ever seen. I am not religious;
but I am a spiritual seeker interested in all the Spiritual teachings.
They all have the same core message. Freedom is found in expressing your true nature.
Another great quote of Jesus is: "Know thyself."
What does all this have to do with creativity, you might ask?
For me creativity is part of our essence, maybe it is our essence, it is spirit expressing
its self through us. It's our true nature, our self-expressed being; it's who we really are
and if we do not express it we are unfulfilled and unhappy.
When my life fell apart in my 50s, my pain and misery forced me into a Soul searching journey,
finding help and healing in support groups like Alanon and 12 step groups
There I was introduced to a spiritual message and a simple program that promised: If I follow it and use the tools my life will get better.
I had no choice, I became willing to let go of my ideas of how things should be like,
what others should be like and trust that everything happens for a reason, I might not know why and it is not important to know why, the main thing is to accept what is happening right now, to do the best I can, and always be in action.
I started to meditate, to go to Buddhist and Zen Dharma talks and studied the course in miracles.
I found a great Therapist, participated in human potential workshops and I slowly started to change, or at least my way of thinking changed.
The more I got centered the more peaceful I felt, I learned how to forgive myself and others,
and to be myself.
I started to take drawing classes, meditative painting classes, I fell in love with photography and took photography classes, I went dancing and just had fun
for the first time life I was happy and excited about life, the more I expressed my self the better I felt

Marita Steffe http://visionandwords.com

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