You're a genius

The idea behind this concept is very simple, but this attitude shift can literally change our reactions to how our lives unfold and change everything.

An incredible teacher I got to attend a movement workshop with recently mentioned the concept.

And basically blew my mind.

It goes like this:

The absence of limitation is the enemy of creativity.

What the hell does that mean?

Let's step back for a quick second. You know those square gypsum ceilings sometimes used in public places?

If we look up at a ceiling that's made up of these but is missing one square, it can be so easy for us to get fixated on that missing square.

It stands out to us. Everything else is there, except that one square. Some people would actually feel irritated by the fact that that one square is missing.

It's the same with life, and movement. Let's take movement as an example. If your wrist hurts and you need to give it a bit of a break, it can be easy to fall into a place of frustration and focus on all the things you can't do because of your wrist.

But there are probably many more things you can still do.

In fact, you can use this limitation to deliberately get creative and see how fun of a movement practice you can create without using your wrists.

So going back to the quote, if we have every resource and/opportunity we could ever need available to us, we would miss out on the opportunity to find an inventive solution.

But if something is missing, then we get to get creative.

And creativity is so much fun!

But even more than that, our minds are wired to thrive on overcoming challenge. They love coming up with solutions to what seems like a limitation.

More often than not, creativity reminds us that what we think is a limitation, doesn’t necessarily have to be one. In fact it can help us access expressions of freedom we didn’t realize we had.

So if we choose to look for ways to work with limitation, we can start to see that we were never truly limited to begin with.

We just had a unique set of resources. That limit was only a limit due to our perception.

So whatever that missing square is in your life right now, know this:
It doesn't have to have the power to hold you back.

You're a freaking creative genius.

If you don't know that about yourself, I do (even if we've never met). I've had the opportunity to dive deep into studying how the human mind works.

So trust me, you're a genius. Not despite your limitations but because of them.

And if there was a mental block holding you back, this is your reminder to let that crap go.