If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don’t, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself; you hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet. Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. It’s a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your contribution. Give us what you’ve got.
Steven Pressfeld on the danger or implications of NOT doing what your were created to do.
If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don’t, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself; you hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet. Creative work is not a selfish act or a bid for attention on the part of the actor. […]