Progress, not perfection, is what we should be asking of ourselves. Julia Cameron More Quotes by Julia Cameron More Quotes From Julia Cameron The face of love is variable. I am able to love without demanding that my relationships assume the structures and forms I might choose for them. My love is fluid, flexible, committed, creative. My love allows people and events to unfold as they need. My love is not controlling. It does not dictate or demand. My love allows those I love the freedom to assume the forms most true to them. I release all those I love from my preconceptions of their path. I allow them the dignity of self-definition while I offer them a constant love that is every variable in shape. Julia Cameron acceptancelovelife "God does not give us more than we can handle," I am told but I wonder if God doesn't overestimate me just a little. Or perhaps, and this is likely, I underestimate God. Julia Cameron godgivingjesus We must attend to what our inner guidance is nudging us toward. Julia Cameron guidance At it's essence, art is an alchemical process. Alchemy is a process of transformation. Julia Cameron essencewiseart When we seek daily spiritual guidance, we are guided toward the next step forward for our art. Sometimes the step is very small. Sometimes the step is, "Wait. Not now." Sometimes the step is, "Work on something else for a while." When we are open to Divine Guidance, we will receive it. It will come to us as the hunch, the inkling, the itch. It will come to us as timely conversations with others. It will come to us in many ways--but it will come. Julia Cameron divine-guidancespiritualart Do what intrigues you, explore what interests you; think mystery, not mastery. Julia Cameron masterymysterythinking Expect the universe to support your dream. It will. Julia Cameron your-dreamssupportdream As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you. Julia Cameron moving-ondreaminspirational Art opens the closets, airs out the cellars and attics. It brings healing. Julia Cameron healingairart Creativity is our true nature; blocks are an unnatural thwarting of a process at once as normal and as miraculous as the blossoming of a flower at the end of a slender green stem. Julia Cameron creativityblockflower I honor my importance and the importance of others. None of us is dispensable, none of us is replacable. In the chorus of life each of us brings a True Note, a perfect pitch that adds to the harmony of the whole. I act creatively and consciously to actively endorse and encourage the expansion of those whose lives I touch. Believing in the goodness of each, I add to the goodness of all. We bless each other even in passing. Julia Cameron honorperfectbelieve ... success or failure, the truth of a life really has little to do with its quality. The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention. Julia Cameron gratitudetruthlife Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness. Julia Cameron gestation-periodcreativitylife We tend to think being hard on ourselves will make us strong. But it is cherishing ourselves that gives us strength Julia Cameron stronggivingthinking Procrastination is not Laziness", I tell him. "It is fear. Call it by its right name, and forgive yourself. Julia Cameron forgivingprocrastinationnames Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself. Julia Cameron changepositiveinspirational We imagine that if we had time we would quiet our more shallow selves and listen to a deeper flow of inspiration. Again, this is a myth that lets us off the hook - if I wait for enough time to listen, I don't have to listen now, I don't have to take responsibility for being available to what is trying to bubble up today. Julia Cameron inspirationresponsibilityself As we lose our vagueness about ourself, our values, our life situation, we become available to the moment. It is there, in the particular, that we contact the creative self. Art lies in the moment of encounter: we meet our truth and we meet ourselves; we meet ourselves and we meet our self-expression . Julia Cameron selflyingart The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all. . . Fear is what blocks an artist. The fear of not being good enough. The fear of not finishing. The fear of failure and of success. The fear of beginning at all. Julia Cameron finishingblockart I am compassionate. I allow my heart and imagination to embrace the difficulties and concerns of others. While maintaining my own balance, I find it within myself to extend sympathy, attention, and support. When they are grieved, I listen with openness and gentle strength. I offer loyalty, friendship, and human understanding. Without undermining or enabling, I aid and assist others to find their strength. I allow the healing power of the Universe to flow through me, soothing the hearts and feelings of those I encounter. Julia Cameron loyaltyhealingheart
