Promise #15: Raise your voice

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There’s something to be said for sharing an idea (and by idea I mean anything creative that moves against the tried and true flow). It’s daunting, rewarding, exhilarating, frightening and (more often than not) insanely energizing.

When was the last time you put yourself out there? Raised your voice? Seeped creative energy from your soul?

Kids do it without batting a lash. They sing their little hearts out. Dance their tushies off. They draw like Picasso and dream as if it’s their last day on earth.

They do this for us. They remind us to think freely, pursue passions and share openly. They do this until we apply the brakes, enforce the rules and introduce the regulations that drain their little creative batteries dry.

The result? Some voices stop singing, others sing in the shower and a few brave the system and step up to the microphone.

How about you? How loud is your voice?

Do you think that you’re not creative? You are. Are you afraid of wasting your time? You won’t. Are you convinced that creativity won’t heat the house? Heating your heart is sometimes enough.

Put yourself out there to show the world that you’re breathing. You have ideas worth sharing, drawings worth drawing, clothes worth designing, songs worth singing, pictures worth taking, canvases worth painting, words worth writing.

Put yourself out there and free the energy from your soul.