Often it is tenacity, not talent, that rules the day.

I think of making love and making art as being very parallel. Even the most amateur attempt can be thrilling.

The face of love is variable. I am able to love without demanding that my relationships assume the structures and forms I might choose for them. My love is fluid, flexible, committed, creative. My love allows people and events to unfold as they need. My love is not controlling. It does not dictate or demand. My love allows those I love the freedom to assume the forms most true to them. I release all those I love from my preconceptions of their path. I allow them the dignity of self-definition while I offer them a constant love that is every variable in shape.

While there is no quick fix for instant, pain-free creativity, creative recovery (or discovery) is a teachable, trackable spiritual process. Each of us is complex and highly individual, yet there are common recognizable denominators to the creative recovery process.

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

Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves.

What payoff are you getting for remaining stuck at this point in your expansion?