"If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”
– Vincent Van Gogh
Have you ever experienced a voice within you telling you that, 'you cannot do it', then you listen to it and obey? This voice can manifest in every aspect of our lives to derail us from doing something that would make a great impact on our lives, but here I will go in the direction of writing.
As a writer, we experience fear sometimes, or writer's block. Yes, it is real. Have you ever experienced wanting to write on a particular thing or prompt and you hear a voice telling you that 'you cannot do it'?. Then the fear of people seeing your work as bullshit comes in, then you skit away from writing, and your brain stops generating words for you to put down. It happens but I am here to tell you that you can and tell that voice that says "you cannot do it" voice to go to hell.
I love this quote of Vincent Van Gogh which says, "If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced". If you hear a voice telling you cannot write, then, by all means, start with writing a letter and you will begin to flow from there.
All I am trying to say is that, don't you dare listen to that voice telling you that "you cannot do it". In fact, make it your mission in life to do that particular thing. Be resilient, be stubborn, be disobedient to that voice and you will see how beautiful you will do that I can assure you.
This quote also applies to every aspect of our lives. Instead of listening to the voice, look for something that inspires you right from the depths of your mind and soul. From the soul comes all the components we are made of and from the mind comes all we have learnt, seen, adapted. For me, music inspires me, books, long walks, receiving fresh air outdoors and last but not the least, the gym.
Let's all remove the "you cannot do it" phrase from our lives, stand up, no need to look back, put good energy into it and you will go higher than a skyscraper. Success is achieved when we focus and don't look back. Along the way, you may have some ups and downs but don't you dare look down just keep going. Straight from nothing you can create beauty if you are willing to and you will be amazed as to what you create.
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I see you found an image of me on the internet during one of my relaxing sessions. By image of me, I mean, an image that is NOT-me.
I hear you though. When I've listened to the phrase, "I can't do it," I felt horrible. So, most of the time, I don't listen to it. You just have to be careful I guess, because sometimes, you really should listen. For the most part though I don't, because I know there's some strong laziness inside me.
🤣🤣🤣 Oh no... I am glad I found the image.
True, sometimes it could be a warning, but most a times comes from laziness and Procrastination.
Thank you so much for your support and encouragement. Love and light to you.
Thanks, to you as well.
This is inspiring because we all have resistance within that prompt us to put things off but we really need to look pass it and be resilient😎
@steadyfigure thank you. I am glad the post is an inspiration to you. Hope to see more of you around
Loving this!
Feels like the post is being written for me to read. 😂
The moment we let ourselves be weighed down by thinking we can't do something, then we are heading towards being unable to do everything.
Aha!... Now that you back on hive, I guess I had you mind when I wrote the post. Heheh.
Happy it got to you, so keep up the good.. Would to be seeing you around😊
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@thoughtfulposts thank you so much for support and encouragement. I appreciate