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	<title>No Longer Bekar &#187; Creativity</title>
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		<title>You are lying to yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:49:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever wondered why its difficult to do things you really enjoy? Does that seem like a contradiction? Ever sat down to read a book and discovered you were extremely distracted? Or how about how you never seem to be in the &#8220;mood&#8217; to paint these days? “If you love something, you will find [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Have you ever wondered why its difficult to do things you really enjoy? Does that seem like a contradiction?</p>
<p>Ever sat down to read a book and discovered you were extremely distracted? Or how about  how you never seem to be in the &#8220;mood&#8217; to paint these days?</p>
<p>“If you love something, you will find it easy to do” is one of the worst lies you can tell yourself.</p>
<p>No one wakes up one fine day at the age of 27 and types out a  best selling novel. You have to work at your passions and to be able to really enjoy them.</p>
<p>So if you love writing and your excuse is that you are not in the “mood” or “flow”, start writing, the mood will come.</p>
<p>In relationships this principle is called  “passion follows actions” and in religion; “orthodoxy follows <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthopraxis">orthopraxy</a>”.</p>
<p>So, if you love writing, trekking, painting, singing, and you  find that it doesn&#8217;t “flow”, its because there&#8217;s a huge dam of inactivity sitting across it.</p>
<p>If you Love something, work at it.</p>
<p>Love</p>
<p>AnandP</p>
<p>PS: Most of my posts are self directed, the narcissistic exhibitionist I am.<br />
PS2: #<a href="http://twitter.com/#search?q=novelrace">Novelrace</a> folks, WRITE, the novel will pour out.</p>
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