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

As a writer, I find holidays often disturbing, not liberating, in their disruption of tempo, their open-ended time.

The refusal to be creative is an act of self-will and is counter to our true nature. When we are open to our creativity, we are opening to God: good, orderly direction. As we pursue our creative fulfillment, all elements of our life move toward harmony. As we strengthen our creativity, we strengthen our connection to the Creator within. Artists love other artists. Our relationship to God is co-creative, artist to artist. It is God's will for us to live in creative abundance.

It is the use of creativity which heals the creative wound.

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

Accept the fact that you're an artist and stop second-guessing yourself. Just do it.

Creativity makes life useful to us. It also makes us useful to life.