Julia Cameron Quotes

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• Next to Morning Pages and Artist Dates, the most potent tool for contacting inner guidance and creativity is walking.
• We don't always know what makes us happy. We know, instead, what we think SHOULD. We are baffled and confused when our attempts at happiness…
• I am compassionate. I allow my heart and imagination to embrace the difficulties and concerns of others. While maintaining my own balance, I find it…
• As artists, we must learn to be self-nourishing. We must become alert enough to consciously replenish our creative resources as we draw on them.
• Nothing dies harder than a bad idea.
• I surrender my anxiety and my sense of urgency. I allow God to guide me in the pacing of my life. I open my heart…
• Stop telling yourself that dreams don't matter, that they are only dreams and that you should be more sensible.
• When we survey our lives, seeking to fulfil our creativity, we often see we had a dream that went glimmering because we believed, and those…
• Spirituality can release blocks, lead you to ideas, and make your life artful. Sometimes when we pray for guidance, we're guided in unexpected directions. We…
• Become willing to see the hand of God and accept it as a friend's offer to help you with what you are doing.
• While there is no quick fix for instant, pain-free creativity, creative recovery (or discovery) is a teachable, trackable spiritual process. Each of us is complex…
• As we move toward our dreams, we move toward our divinity.
• There will be many times when we won't look good-to ourselves or anyone else. We need to stop demanding that we do. It is impossible…
• Setting skepticism aside, even briefly, can make for very interesting explorations. It is not necessary that we change any of our beliefs. It is necessary…
• It is important to remember that at first blush, going sane feels just like going crazy.
• Anger is meant to be acted upon. It is not meant to be acted out.
• Your mood doesn't really matter. Some of the best creative work gets done on the days when you feel that everything you're doing is just…
• We are ourselves creations. We are meant to continue creativity by being creative ourselves. This is the God-force extending itself through us. Creativity is God's…
• When I listen to love, I am listening to my true nature. When I express love, I am expressing my true nature
• I plant the seeds of love in my heart. I plant the seeds of love in the hearts of others.

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