I’ve been listening to and reading Kristin Neff, the leading expert currently on compassion. My little creative association-maker installed in my intuition found a relationship to how important both gentle and “fierce” compassion is to our creativity.
The only way creativity thrives is with practice and persistence. Practice and persistence takes quite a bit of strength when we are dealing with the distractions currently buzzing around in our world. Compassion might mean understanding, without harsh scolding, it's easy to give into those distractions, but more importantly we are compassionate with ourselves when we prioritize those things that make bring us more happiest than distractions.
When we have compassion and understanding for our desire to be creative and then use fierce compassion to create boundaries and defeat our urges to be distracted, there’s a respect that emerges and activates our devotion to our creative passions as evidence we are operating in our own best interest.
I don’t know about you, but I’m better in every area of my life when I’m immersed in creative pursuits that feed my soul.
In the same way we stand up to others when we feel boundaries have been crossed or something is out of line, we can stand up to the detractors to the creative process – mostly the ones we habitually give into.
In Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coaching this means to:
- Start by simply asking the question:
What would it feel to direct fierce compassion toward prioritizing time for my creativity?
The simple asking of the question is enough to begin to make KNOWING how it would feel a reality.
- Spend just five minutes on your creative passion when you might feel like giving into a distraction.
See where it takes you.
Check-out Kristin Neff’s books on compassion to empower your creativity.
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