Even here, it matters to create. Not because everything is figured out, and not because you have to make a product or because you must be a “creative,” but because day by day, you have been taking so much in, and it matters to have space to let go. To create is to exhale. To create is to realize that after all the taking-in and the processing, you need to room to breathe.
Create space
Create conversation
Create connection
Create room for rest, where you need to
Create a sense of motion, where you need to
Create something worth sharing
Create something worth keeping
Sometimes, creating will take on the form of art, written words, or something tangible and also, many other times, it can take on the form of anything that reminds you: you don’t have to hold it all in. You are allowed to make room for letting go, even here, and no matter how small. To create is to exhale.
– Morgan Harper Nichols
This is an excerpt from this week’s series in the Storyteller app. The app is available on Apple and Android.
