Tag: creating

Add something

Posted on by philipdodson

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When we criticise, judge, hate, shame or confront others and ourselves, then we take something away, we remove something from our lives and others.

Our society controls us by encouraging much of that behaviour. However, without those negative influences, we would not behave like that. We are not born knowing how to take away from ourselves or others, we are taught too.

When we share a smile, laughter, music, art, kindness, love, friendship, singing, writing, knowledge, our food, our water, whatever it is, that will make us happy and others. This is what makes life worthwhile. This always brings joy.

Imagine if all 7 billion of us focused first on adding to our own lives and then the lives of others, what a difference that would make to the human race.

It’s just a habit that we can all change, switch off the negative world soundtrack and add your own music and sunshine to life and to the world.

Do it for yourself

Posted on by philipdodson

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Often in life people say they did it for so and so, I made this for you, I wrote this for….I created it for….I designed it for x.

The best things created are when we do it for ourselves.

If we do things for others, how do we really know what others want or like?

Once we do things for others, we start to care what others think and when the response isn’t good, then we kill our self-confidence, and often then try too hard to please.

Don’t try to please others, as it opens us up to the worst of the feelings of not being good enough.

Write for yourself, sing for yourself, paint for yourself, do the things that you love the most for yourself.

That way you will create without fear of criticism, fear of judgement of others and then because it is likely then to be the best you can do, then others will find you and your art.

Success is what matters to us. It’s personal.