There is no higher qualification than genuine inspiration.
It doesn't matter how you begin. Just jump in. Get moving.
You can't judge people and touch their souls at the same time.
Run, run, run - with everything you have - into everything you are meant to be.
What is your real work? Is it that which pays the bills or is it your art? I think your real work is healing. Whatever helps you become more loving in this lifetime. Whatever helps you forgive yourself, embrace yourself, meet yourself, and free yourself in this lifetime.
You can live a life of either trusting your inner voice or distrusting your inner voice. You can cling to familiar expectations, conventions, and "reasonable" responses or you can listen to the sweet madness in your bones.