Too often, I refrain from starting a creative project because the stars haven’t aligned, the temperature isn’t where I want it or my mood is off. Another words, I’m giving into (what Steven Pressfield calls) resistance.

Rather than worrying about who’s going to make the movie from the screenplay I wrote, just write the damn thing. Instead of mulling over what publisher is going to pick up your book, just write the bloody manuscript.

No doubt it’s going to get messy. Ugly. Most definitely uncomfortable, and we may end up feeling as if were the only person on the planet – naked and exposed to the elements.

This is exactly when we need to push through and focus on the process. No doubt, we will be better in the end after we follow through and complete it.

Here we are.

Where?

Right here.

Now what?

Smile.

Why?

Because you’re here.

More than likely this blog is a continuation of my last one in which I wrote about reconciling our past in order to free ourselves from the ties that can bind us in the present.

There are fears/topics/areas of interest/sticking points in our lives that repeatedly turn up that we must deal with over and over. These “ghosts” will continue to haunt us until they are dealt with courageously by squaring our shoulders up and looking them directly in the eyes.

We spend a lot of time hoping some quick-fix distraction (some form of addiction, procrastination, dysfunction, etc.) will make their presence vanish, only to find these haunting relics reappear around the next blind corner thinking we left them in the review mirror years prior.

Now, we’re chasing ghosts. This not a place anyone wants to be. So, let’s turn and face what scares us deep within. Once we do, we transcend that fear and begin to become the person we’re all capable of becoming.

Many of us – including myself for sure – seem to live our day from the past – not remaining present in the moment. Past mistakes, blunders, failures can creep into our “now” and taint the undiscovered moment of infinite possibilities.

We all have memories. This is a wonderful way of gaining fulfillment in our lives from moments we cherish with loved ones from the past. But, to take too much credence in our past pollutes our present moment putting a ceiling on what we’re capable of accomplishing.

Let’s let the past remain there and be grateful for where we are right now in this moment. After all, it is a gift called the present. Once we have reconciled (restore a friendly relation) the past within ourselves, then and only then can we appreciate this moment and now we’re free to create anything.

Give me the courage to face my fears

Give me the strength to follow through

Give me the patience to understand others

Give me Love to show my empathy for others

Give me the wisdom to make a difference

And give me the grace to do it with humility