So creativity helps us to be seen, expressed, and healed. This is fantastic! But I just recently had a bit of an epiphany and tapped into a deeper truth while talking with my old love.
Jeff Leisawitz, “How Creativity Heals Us and Why It’s a Gift to the World”, Tiny Buddha. https://tinybuddha.com/blog/how-creativity-heals-us-and-why-its-a-gift-to-the-world/, accessed 4 January 2021.
Being expressed, healed, and seen is actually a service to humanity. A gift to the world.
When we are expressed, we become who we truly are.
When we are healed, we become better versions of ourselves.
When we are seen, our truth and goodness shine in the world.
And when we express, heal and shine, we help other to do the same. This is big. Really big.
The healing power of creativity
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