What is greatness and how is it achieved?

[Razard86]

Greatness is achieved through gratefulness. When you love an activity so much, that you are grateful for its existence. When you love it so much that every moment you engage in it you are grateful for the opportunity to engage in this activity that is when you are on the path to Greatness. This is why when a Master at something engages in that activity before you and their marvelous ability is so jaw-dropping that you are thankful for the opportunity to see that action all that happened is you received their gratefulness as your own.

Want to be a Master? Want to be the embodiment of Greatness? Find something to be grateful for and persist forever in that activity. Then one day someone will receive your gratitude, and will give it back to you. This is why...life is LOVE!!! Love is to be grateful!!! To be thankful for the opportunity, and this is the path to greatness!

[vibv]

That reminds me of a thing I'm struggling with: I really love music and composing and when I do it I'm extremely grateful for it, it's amazing and even ecstatic sometimes. But then there is a longer dry period, often triggered by a harsh critique or being ignored, or just seeing that I'm the only one excited about what I did.

And then I get extremely perfectionistic and can't finish a thing, because nothing's ever finished. I finished tracks, don't get me wrong, but it took a lot of overcoming myself.

Okay I think I answered my question myself kind of. It's my ego that blocks my creative flow. But it's really hard to break...

[Yimpa]

2 hours ago, Razard86 said:

This is why...life is LOVE!!!

It’s RAW!!!

 

[Yimpa]

@vibv Ooo, music! Try speaking to @ivankiss about it, you guys may be able to come up with something great. If I recall correctly, he’s into making metal and wanted to share his music as well.

Edited October 3, 2023 by Yimpa

[Razard86]

6 hours ago, vibv said:

That reminds me of a thing I'm struggling with: I really love music and composing and when I do it I'm extremely grateful for it, it's amazing and even ecstatic sometimes. But then there is a longer dry period, often triggered by a harsh critique or being ignored, or just seeing that I'm the only one excited about what I did.

And then I get extremely perfectionistic and can't finish a thing, because nothing's ever finished. I finished tracks, don't get me wrong, but it took a lot of overcoming myself.

Okay I think I answered my question myself kind of. It's my ego that blocks my creative flow. But it's really hard to break...

See that post above....ITS RAW!!! LOL. Gordon Ramsay's ego can block any creative flow!!! 

But seriously what you described is completely normal and that is why anything you create will be beautiful. Know why? Because look what your creations have to deal with!!! They have to deal and overcome so much to be borne!!! That perfectionist attitude is normal. It exists because you want to do great work!! Because you care!! So you beat yourself up like an inner Gordon Ramsay until you churn out something you can be proud of!! So I salute you!! Keep doing your creative works!!! And if you don't mind...share them on the forums!! 

Edited October 4, 2023 by Razard86