Let Go Of Your Perfectionism And Become One With The Loving Ways Of The Universe

Hi, folks. How are you? My name is Nick the poet. I'm a Cadre creator, a creativity coach, and I'm just here to encourage you to express yourself, you know, in whatever way that may look like for me. I love poetry. I love filmmaking. I just love creating, connecting, and collaborating. But there's something about poetry that helps me to let out these emotions and process that things in a way that I haven't quite found in other art forms. And so that's just me personally, and it's got nothing to be about being good at it, you know, I want to be good at poetry.

I hope you like my poems. That is, I wouldn't. I'd be lying if I said that wasn't important to me. But more important than that is, by the act of poetry, I am healing myself, right? There's a healing component to poetry. And now, by sharing it with you, I hope that you can take some of these words into your own life. And I encourage you to write a poem. Just sit down and see what happens. Start writing. And that's what I do. And so this is a poem written, you know, quite some time ago. This was in February of 2021, and it says, nowhere to go, nothing to figure out.

That's not what life is about, nor is it about gathering clout or the fastest way route to the top. I feel heavy today. The ray of sun missed my soul, or I blocked it or something got stuck. But the key is to not try too hard to get it back. Just give it away to get it back. As Lao Tzu says, stop thinking and end your problems. And it is the thinking that gets me, you know, if I. I'm an overthinker, I'm a worrier. I get anxious, I get fearful, and that's where I block out life, you know? And if I try too hard to get back on track, it seems to make it worse.

But if I think of someone else and think of how I can help them, then I come back, you know, without even trying. So just something to think about. There. One other one is, live the question and you will grow into the answer. And so this is Rainer Marie Rilke, who was a german poet, and I've always loved this quote, live the question and you will grow into the answer, right? And we all want the answer right now. Patience is not my forte by any stretch of the imagination. I want it now. I want to know now what is the answer?

You know? But it seems to me like these, these questions of our life, right? What is my purpose? Who am I what am I doing? These are questions that take a lifetime to answer. But if we keep asking the right questions, you know, we're gonna get there. We're gonna get there. And that unfolding of the process is really, really exciting. Might be scary at times, might be exhilarating at times, might be peaceful at times. It can be all of these things, right? And another line that I wrote is, let go of your perfectionism and become one with the loving ways of the universe.

So perfectionism can box us into this. This feeling like we need to be perfect. And if we're not, we're. I don't know, what. What is the root fear of that for us? You know, it could go into all kinds of things, but it's ultimately, I think about, you know, disconnecting us from ourselves, you know, and others and making us feel like we're not worthy because we're not perfect. And nobody is, you know, and nobody typically, is as harsh of critics as they are about themselves or as I am about myself.

Right? And so if I can let go of that perfectionism and become one with the loving ways of the universe, that's a really, really powerful thing. Freedom is a blessing or a curse based on what you put your attention on, you know, and we all know this stuff, and we're starting to hear it, right? If you're in the wellness circles and in the. The mental health circles, you know, where our attention goes, our energy flows. And once again, for me, the quickest way to get that attention flowing in a different way is to.

Could be exercising. You know, could be helping someone out. It could be helping someone out by exercising the combination of these things. But if I sit in that stagnant energy and get the mind loop going, you know, it's. It's never ending. So every time I sought to gain for myself, I endured a slow drop of energy until my spirit dripped to a halt and I had to make a roundabout and walk down to the river and begin to float. Catching blackberries from the trees in my mouth, I looked at the sky and said, thank you.

And that, to me, is just saying, when I'm trying too hard, and I'm not saying we don't have to work hard, but when I'm trying too hard, you know, trying to make it all happen, if I just relax, you know, and get into that state of gratitude, that's what's going to help me. So those are a few thoughts for you today. Please let me know if you write that poem, send it to N. Hanson. N h a n s e n IO. Have an amazing day. Talk to you later. Buh bye.