Just do it

I don't have to be good at something to do it. It just has to be worth doing.

What does a famous artist with talent and success admire in a partner who is relatively unknown? Maybe it is courage and perseverance.

Everyone has days when she doesn't feel adequate or competent. For someone with a lot of talent, the possibility that she fail to live up to the expectations of her critics and fans can be frightening and devastating.

She might admire someone who can face the world every day and give his best effort, no matter what people say about him. Who has the resolve to keep going, no matter if his shows turn out successful or not.

 Lights and Beau Bokan

Beau Bokan, musician, talking about her wife Lights (Valerie) Poxleitner.

"She has always complimented my voice and my song writing even when I feel like I’m not the best at it. I don’t personally feel like I’m a good singer or a frontman. I just go out there and do it."

- https://www.rocksound.tv/features/read/beau-bokan-on-lights

He has the kind of attitude I want to develop.

I don't have to be good at something to do it. I do it whether or not it makes me successful. I do it simply because it's meaningful to me and I want it done. That reason alone makes it worth doing.

I think we fall into a trap when we are confronted with difficulty to believe we are not good at something and decide to give up trying. Instead of asking ourselves how good we are, we really should be asking how much do we care?

I shouldn't let fear of failure stop me from doing the only things that really matter to me.

I want to take raw elements of life and merge them into a way of living, a philosophy. I want to imbue the mundane with reason and purpose.

I study, run, write, and sing.

I want to discover a truth and express it through art. I want to understand a science and use it to build an efficient machine.

I learn, explore, understand, and create.

I want to transmute the lead into gold - by one part art and one part science - because I am an alchemist.