Be Patient and Focus on What You Love as an Artist, Entrepreneur, and Co-creator

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I believe that a growing number of artists now realize that in this day and age one must develop in his or her entrepreneurial skills in order to assure that one’s creative work reaches his or her audience.  Many artists now realize that in order to maintain a livelihood from their artistic expression, these entrepreneurial skills must continuously be developed.  And as these skills are developed, the artist is required to practice patience and focus.

Just as we must exercise patience and focus when we are developing as co-creators on the path of enlightenment, we must be patient and focused as we develop in our creative work and business.  Every day and in every way we must be dedicated to doing what it takes to actualize our vision in our artistic work as well as our lives.  We have to be dedicated if we want to derive a livelihood from our creative work as artists and entrepreneurs.

When we talk about deriving a livelihood from our creative work, the mantra has become a mantra, “Do what you love and the money will follow.”  Yet, when we get down to it, sometimes we have to do some things we don’t like so much in order to fulfill that which we do love and again that requires patience and focus.

For example, some people may not like checking their emails three times a day, but if he or she is selling their own custom design art on wall scrolls via the internet, then in order to fulfill those orders, emails must be checked three times a day.  Yes, you may love putting your beautiful custom art on wall scrolls, but without checking your email you wouldn’t know if you’ve received any orders. 

Hence, with patience we find that we can deal with little dislikes and pet-peeves because we have our eye on the vision. The vision becomes more important than those little things we detest.  When we grow on the path of enlightenment and use conscious creativity as an artist, entrepreneur, and co-creator, we find that it’s not so much “doing what you love” as it is “focusing on what you love.” 

That’s right, focus on what you love and the money will follow.  Your development as an artist, entrepreneur, and co-creator will always require you to do some things you don’t like, but if you focus on what you love, your ability to create a livelihood from what you love flows naturally and easily.  Your ability to create a livelihood from what you love flows easily and naturally because you are operating according to the Law of Abundance.  To live in abundance, you must focus on your vision and cultivate that vision through affirmative prayer, meditation, creative visualization, discipline, and right action.  And all of this requires patience and focus. 

Honestly, as artists, entrepreneurs, and yes, co-creators we will never be the happiness we are search for until we are actualizing our vision of purpose in life.  Until we are living our vision, we don’t feel that sense of fulfillment.  Instead, we feel something is missing or something is unfinished in our lives. 

We all deserve to live our best life and that best springs forth when practice patience as we develop our skills and focus on what we love.  Life is always becoming and so are we.  As we express what is in our heart and actualize our vision, then we are becoming more of who we really are—more of our true and authentic self.  That authenticity exudes and radiates from our creative work and inspires others to be an inspiration.

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