Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself.

When you feel yourself to be in critical condition, you must treat yourself as gently as you would a sick friend.

We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness fail...We are mute when it comes to naming accurately our own preferences, delights, gifts, talents. The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people's expectations. The tongue of the original self is the language of the heart.

In order to have a real relationship with our creativity, we must take the time and care to cultivate it.

The Artist's Way is a spiritual journey, a pilrimage home to the self.

As we open our creative channel to the creator, many gentle but powerful changes are to be expected.

Treating myself like a precious object will make me strong.