Seeds

"The original definition of sacrifice moves more inwardly. 

 It means to give up what no longer works

in order to stay close to what is sacred."

 Mark Nepo

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"Creativity is the way I share my soul with the world."  

Brene Brown

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"The life of expression

is the tuning fork

by which we find our way

to the sacred

to what matters."

Mark Nepo



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"I used to believe, before I did the research for the Gifts of Imperfection, I used the believe that there were creative people and there were non-creative people.  Umm, and now I absolutely understand, personally and professionally from the data, that there are no such thing as non-creative people.  There are just people who use their creativity and people who don't.
 And unused creativity is not benign."

 Brene Brown



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"When you are taking on creativity, you are taking on soul work."

Brene Brown




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"We can't bypass the human journey. 

 It's the cocoon that releases our spirit. 

 And a lot of times we want to get out of here. 

 It's painful.

  It's hard. 

 It's difficult. 

 Another reason we need each other."

Mark Nepo




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"...How many other people have a similar story like that
where they just shut down
and were never allowed to be makers again. 
They were never allowed to be participants in creation again. 
They could only be consumers, you know, you are not allowed to
contribute to the evolving story of the universe that is in motion,
you just get to watch
 and buy
and purchase things
and that's all you get to do."

Elizabeth Gilbert






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"Failure has a function
it asks you
if you really want
to go on making things."

Clive James




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"You are
a born maker
and we need
what you can bring to us
because you are the only one
 who can bring it."

Brene Brown