Vulnerability is the key to creativity, the pathway to a meaningful life.

What if you hadn’t taken the photo?

What if you hadn’t written the poem?

Painted the picture?

Started the blog?

Begun the quilt?

Written the book?

Taken the class?

Creativity does not begin with strength and certainty,

but with fear and confusion, with insecurity and hesitation.

Creativity does not come from knowing,

but from not knowing.

What if you hadn’t taken the chance,

looked foolish, made the mistake,

taken the leap.

What if you didn’t love your vulnerability,

weren’t grateful for it,

didn’t honor it.

You would be back there,

in the other place,

wondering every day of your life,

what if I had shown up for my life?