You feel misunderstood.
Because you are misunderstood.
Your bravery is often missed by the people closest to you.
It’s heartbreaking.
They consider you reckless, unsettled, a big dreamer. Sometimes they don’t understand why you just cannot simply assimilate, get a regular job, put money into your 401K and just drop all this wildness.
You feel misunderstood.
Because you are misunderstood.
The truth is the people closest to you are not always able to understand the deep recesses of your creative spirit.
You must create.
You must follow your dreams.
When an idea is born in your brain it seems immoral not to chase it, to not pursue it, to not even try? This is madness to you.
You must be authentically yourself.
You must create.
You must start that small business, invent that product, write the blog, chase the career, create that brand or pursue that dream.
The cost of not doing so is too great for you.
The cost of not being creative, the price of not believing in and building big things, it is a death to your soul.
Please, I beg you….
Do not let others judge you for your entrepreneurial spirit, you must be true to how you are made.
Keep dreaming and creating…. ALWAYS.
Much love
G.x
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Good post and cast. I had family members who told me that I didn't have any values because I didn't like having to work at a job I hated. There attitude was "be glad you have a job!" Years later, I retired early from that job( it was sort of forced) and now I am exploring writing.
Thanks for this Geoff. Now that I’m retired, creativity is the only avenue left to me to give life some more meaning. Your little post has encouraged me that it’s not wrong to pursue this. God, I love Substack!