Your Unused Creativity Is Poisoning You

Creativity must arise from your innermost self, not from fulfilling the expectations of others. You must follow your own path. A common regret expressed by those close to death is not having had the courage to live a life true to themselves; instead, they lived a life others expected of them. Moreover, they often speak not of deep regret over what they did, but over what they failed to do—dreams left unpursued and potential unrealised. This is the unlived life. One of the most destructive things, psychologically, is unused creative power. If someone has a creative gift and, for some reason (fear, laziness, or conformity), does not use it, the psychic energy turns inwards and becomes poisonous. That is why we often see neuroses or psychoses as expressions of not-lived possibilities. #creativity #unlivedlife #neurosis