Unique Expression

There is a vitality, a life force, a quickening that is translated through you into action, and because there is only one of you in all time, this expression is unique. And if you block it, it will never exist through any other medium and (will) be lost. The world will not have it. It is not your business to determine how good it is; nor how valuable it is; nor how it compares with other expressions. It is your business to keep it yours, clearly and directly, to keep the channel open. You do not even have to believe in yourself or your work. You have to keep open and aware directly to the urges that motivate you. Keep the channel open. No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a queer, divine dissatisfaction, a blessed unrest that keeps us marching and makes us more alive than the others.

Martha Graham, to Agnes DeMille

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“Come As You Are” by Carol Orsborn

You have only one sacred duty:

to make your spirit available

to others.

You do this by sharing what you

already are in this and every

moment.

If you are loving, you share your

loving.

If you are suffering, you share

your suffering.

If you are healing, you share

your healing.

 

Why waste precious energy arguing

with God about what it is that is

yours to share right now, worrying

how your broken bit could possibly

be of use.

 

Trust that however unlikely it may seem,

without your piece, the universe would

be incomplete.

 

Carol Orsborn,

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