"I believe that curiosity, wonder, and passion are defining qualities of imaginative minds and great teachers; that restlessness and discontent are vital things; and that intense experience and suffering instruct us in ways less intense emotions can never do. I believe, in short, we are equally beholden to heart and mind, and that those who have particularly passionate temperaments and questioning minds leave the world a different place for their having been there. It is important to value intellect and discipline, of course, but it is also important to recognize the power of irrationality, enthusiasm, and vast energy...It is best to acknowledge this, to accept it, and to admire the diversity of temperaments Nature has dealt us."-Kay Redfield Jamison
There are so many rules that guide us every day and for good reasons. However, when rules begin to affront what is morally good, true, and loving, it is here that I have a problem. When rules require us to abandon creativity, or intuition, kindness, and mercy, we must follow a different set of rules. We must live as awakened souls, free to dream, learn, and wander without fear of failure. For life's "failures" are just lessons requiring more thought and dedication. Embrace difference, for it is within our differences we are able to see our most sincere similarities. Elizabeth Gilbert supports similar embraces of creativity and speaks her truth with amazing clarity and grace.
Check it out!
http://www.ted.com/talks/elizabeth_gilbert_on_genius.html
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