create.

the desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. no matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before. everyone can create. you don’t need money, position, or influence in order to create something of substance or beauty. creation brings satisfaction and fulfillment. we develop ourselves and others when we take organized matter into our hands and mold it into something of beauty.

dieter f uchtdorf

p.s. guess i'm on a quote kick lately. 

quote

So if the work you are creating demands completion before you can find fulfillment, it’s doubtful the creation will be finished, and perhaps more doubtful it will be any good when it’s done. You’ll labor through it, pushing it up a hill like a broken cart. But if you can love the actual work, not the finished product, you’re on to something. If you have a rhythm, if you get up every morning and work for a few hours, and you like the getting up and the work, and you don’t think about how great it will be when it’s done, but rather how great it is every day that you get to get up and do the work, your creation will be tremendous. Don’t think about the finished product. Stop rewarding yourself with something that doesn’t exist, and may never exist. Instead, think about how delightful it is you get to do this, you get to make this, and how delightful it will be to get up and do it again tomorrow.


donald miller