Julia Cameron Quotes

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We must learn to let the flow manifest itself where it will.....not where we will it.

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Writing is medicine. It is an appropriate antidote to injury. It is an appropriate companion for any difficult change.

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Selecting a challenge and meeting it creates a sense of self-empowerment that becomes the ground for further successful challenges.

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All of us are far richer than we imagine. None of us possesses a life devoid of magic.

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We all have time to write. We have time to write the minute we are willing to write badly, to chase a dead end, to scribble a few words, to write for the hell of it instead of for the perfect and polished result.

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Writing responds well to some gentle scheduling. A day job not only promotes solvency, it promotes creativity as well.

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We talk about self-expression but need to pause and remember that self-expression requires a self to express...

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Apologies are the art of spiritual housekeeping. They help to put and keep our lives in order.

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We tend to think being hard on ourselves will make us strong. But it is cherishing ourselves that gives us strength

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I am a gate for God to accomplish great things. Through me and with me, new Life enters the world.

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Answered prayers are scary. They imply responsibility. You asked for it. Now that you've got it, what are you going to do? Why else the cautionary phrase Watch out for what you pray for; you might just get it?

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Writing is like listening to a melody line in my head. Note by note, it knows where it wants to go. I follow it and lay it down. I can pare it, shape it, and polish it later...My job is to take down the dribs and drabs - to free-associate, if you will, knowing that the associations have their own plans for where we're going with all this.

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As a writer, I find holidays often disturbing, not liberating, in their disruption of tempo, their open-ended time.

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As children we hoard and gloat over words. Words give ownership: we name our world and we claim it...Children trust the power of words.

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There is a connection between self-nurturing and self-respect.

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I am breathing in and out. Realizing this, I began to notice that each moment was not without its beauty.

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The creator made us creative. Our creativity is our gift from God. Our use of it is our gift to God. Accepting this bargain is the beginning of true self-acceptance.

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What would a nontoxic god think of your creative goals? Might such a god really exist?

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Many of us believe that 'real artists' do not experience self-doubt. In truth, artists are people who have learned to live with doubt and do the work anyway.

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When we write about our lives we respond to them. As we respond to them we are rendered more fluid, more centered, more agile on our own behalf. We are tendered conscious.

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Remembering that God is my source, we are in the spiritual position of having an unlimited bank account. Most of us never consider how powerful the creator really is. Instead, we draw limited amounts of the power available to us. We decide how powerful God is for us. We unconsciously set a limit on how much God can give us or help us. We are stingy with ourselves. And if we receive a gift beyond our imagining, we often send it back.

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I learned, when hit by loss, to ask the right question: "What next?" instead of "Why me?"... Whenever I am willing to ask "What is necessary next?" I have moved ahead. Whenever I have taken no for a final answer I have stalled and gotten stuck.

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Try approving of yourself just as you are, and spoiling yourself rotten with small kid's pleasures.

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Creativity makes life useful to us. It also makes us useful to life.

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It is the inner commitment to be true to ourselves and follow our dreams that triggers the support of the universe.

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