Godfrey Reggio said, "To create one's own life is a risky business." Rollo May writes of the courage it takes to create. In our modern world, each day fills with risks we need to embrace in order to develop a healthy sense of self.
Happiness is not a game animal we can hunt and capture for a trophy. Satisfaction involves the effect of doing what needs to be done each moment. Living a life of curiosity spawns creativity. This desire to live from the inside out goes beyond the ordinary. It includes capturing a sense of wonder and reveling in the journey each moment provides.
One must leave a place of familiar and journey into the wilderness prepared to meet unexpected events along the way. Writing pursues an art of sensation, contemplation and devotion to detail.
Dedication to the relationship with yourself achieves the greatest security in life. Living from the inside out provides motivation and momentum. It may feel frightening and lonely at times. Make friends with those feelings. Pursue Aristotle's, "Know Thyself," to gain insights to share with a needy world. Power and strength reside within.
Contemplate your writing life. Step outside the ground rules and launch into an odysssey. Your adventure will become transformed by reality and amazememts around each turn in the road. Attention to detail with all your senses will enable you to bring back what you've experienced and create something new with words. Venture way beyond predictability.
Today, begin a life of discovery in your writing. What would your first line reveal in a life lived from the inside out?
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