Do not call procrastination laziness. Call it fear.

In our human lives, we are often impatient, ill-tempered, inappropriate. We find it difficult to treat our intimates with the love we really hold for them. Despite this, they bear with us because of the larger, higher level of family that they honor even in our outbursts. This is their commitment.

In order to create, we draw from our inner well. This inner well, an artistic reservoir, is ideally like a well stocked fish pond... If we don't give some attention to upkeep, our well is apt to become depleted, stagnant, or blocked... As artists, we must learn to be self nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them - to re-stock the trout pond, so to speak.

Workaholism is an addiction, and like all addictions, it blocks creative energy.

The reward for attention is always healing.

What would a nontoxic god think of your creative goals? Might such a god really exist?

Choice by choice, moment by moment, I build the necklace of my day, stringing together the choices that form artful living.