After calming the irritation, I stare at an empty screen and write the article from scratch. Voilà. It comes quickly. And best, the topic reveals a new edge.
With dreams, it's the same. It hurts when a dream slips away. But then I tell myself: "Listen, you get a bunch every night. If the message matters, your subconscious packs it into the next one."
It would be strange to grieve the irreversible loss of a single breath, a heartbeat, or a footprint in the sand. Sure, those treasures are unique, but they are produced nonstop.
Your product may be expensive on the market—a logo, an engineering solution, a song, a piece of business advice. But feeling a shortage of ideas is as silly as a bee worrying, “Will there be honey?”
Fear comes only from pride—as if you produced all this wealth alone. The fact I'm typing this article now doesn't mean I invented it. The text arose through me.
In the creative process, I am an instrument—or a junior partner. The ego doesn’t like hearing that. But the fear of ideas running dry vanishes. I don’t control this Source. It was, it is, and it will be.
A creator is productive only as long as he does not claim the Power as his own.
Sincerely yours,
-Alexander
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