As I continue to search myself over for creative ideas and inspirations in order to motivate me personally and professionally I am beginning to really find a pattern. The pattern is this, when I have lost touch with my heart, with others and with helping people who need it; it is nearly impossible to keep going, be myself and to make decisions consciously and not merely react out of necessity. I start being what I see, things I wish I was and not what comes from within myself and makes me…well…me. These observations have been continuously in my thoughts for quite a while, mainly ever since I left my previous 9-5 job this past March. I think the reason why I keep ending up on this topic is because much of my days are up to me, they are determined upon my own determination and self initiation. So when I lose touch with with myself, friends and people who could use my help I also lose focus and motivation and just begin reacting. Check out these words from the Accidental Creative blog which inspired mine:

“There is something that happens when we engage others in generosity and simplicity. As I’ve written before, creativity is simultaneously outward-focused and inward-seeking. We act so that we can re-act. In doing so we recover ourselves from a lifetime of “positioning” and “mask-wearing.” When there are no titles, no bonuses to earn and no extrinsic motivations we are free to purely and simply see the world as we uniquely do and to share that with others as we creatively engage. We are free. And as Parker Palmer says, no act is truly creative unless it is born out of freedom.

So this is my encouragement to you: take the opportunity this week to serve. Do something at personal cost for someone else. Forget yourself for a few hours and lose your masks. Creatively engage.”

Check out the entire post from Accidental Creative here.