Fearless

Fearless:

today, more than ever there's an opportunity to live creatively, earning an income through the means of our own initiative and ingenuity. This has been something I've striven for my entire adult life, always feeling just out of reach or beyond my natural talent. Of course before the age of social media there were limited opportunities to explore, less avenues to share my creative efforts, and with a smaller audience to reach. Things have changed considerably, the world is literally at my fingertips now, and it's simply a matter of sharing what I do across the media landscape.

as well, no small amount of being fearless.

my only real talents, or so it seems to me, are enthusiasm and being genuine, just sharing the things I love in an honestly, and hopefully, unique way. The question might be - is there an audience for that - and the answer, honestly, is I don't know, and at this point, I'm not sure it even matters. Or if it ever did. Yes, an audience means that my words have reached some people, that my creativity may have earned me a greater income. These are indeed important measures of my success. But they're lower on the scale than I had originally imagined. 

the only true measure now is...have I been fearless in my sharing. 

holding nothing of myself back.

and simply giving the best I have for the sake of my endeavors.

the question is always - 

am I being true to my creative expression.

fearless.

that's the standard for me to live my life by now, immeasurable, with no scale to offer feedback other than my own sense of completion, knowing that I gave myself away to the point where nothing remains but the pure love of sharing who I am. 

what I've discovered is that it's only this love...

fearless in it's giving,

that measures my success. 

it's all that truly matters. 

~

Love, Eric