A Life of Curiosity Over Fear

#109:

“Do you have the courage to bring forth the treasures that are hidden within you?”

 

This is a quote from Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Big Magic.”

 

It’s one of the most important books of my life.

 

It sits next to Outwitting the Devil and Man’s Search for Meaning on my bookshelf.

 

Speaking of magic, here are some of her other magic wisdom bombs from the book:

 

“The universe buries strange jewels deep within us all, and then stands back to see if we can find them.”

 

“The courage to go on that hunt in the first place – that’s what separates a mundane existence from a more enchanted one.

 

“I’m talking about living a life that is driven more strongly by curiosity than by fear.”

 

“My fear became boring to me, because it was the same thing every day.”

 

Gilbert goes on to say, fear and creativity are like “conjoined twins,” as evidenced by the fact that she can’t take a “single step forward without fear marching right alongside it.”

 

But she teaches us that we should be curious about our fear.

Befriend it.

Fear holds keys and opens portals to your greatest potential.

 

Get curious about your fear.

There’s untapped creativity and power there.

 

As Gilbert says:

 

“A creative life is an amplified life. It’s a bigger life, a happier life, an expanded life, and a hell of a lot more interesting life.”

 

-DQ