given senses to receive our information
with. With our own eyes
we see, and with our skin we feel.
With our intelligence, it is
intended that we understand. But
each person must puzzle it out
for himself or herself.
SOPHY BURNHAMBoiled down to their essentials, the doubts go something
like this: “Okay, so I started writing the morning pages and I
seem more awake and alert in my life. So what? It’s just a
coincidence.... Okay, so I have started filling the well and
taking my artist on a date and I do notice I am cheering up a
little. So what? It’s just coincidental.... Okay, so now I am
beginning to notice that the more I let myself explore the
possibility of there being some power for good, the more I
notice lucky coincidence turning up in my life. So what? I
can’t believe I am really being led. That’s just too weird....”
The reason we think it’s weird to imagine an unseen
helping hand is that we still doubt that it’s okay for us to be
creative. With this attitude firmly entrenched, we not only
look all gift horses in the mouth but also swat them on the
rump to get them out of our lives as fast as possible.
When Mike began his creative recovery, he let himself
admit that he wanted to make films. Two weeks later,
through a series of “coincidences,” he found himself in film
school with his company paying for it. Did he relax and