This reminder can be applied to anything creative: We do not need to create and express ourselves for the benefit of others nor do we need to let others hear what we are trying to say. We can devote our energies elsewhere and say things imperfectly and trust it’s OK. Our lives have meaning, as is. If we write, and we share our writing with others, let us do so with joy! Let us do so out of abundance. & if we need to direct our energy toward something else for a time, let us be kind.