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Rated: 13+ · Book · Personal · #2186156
The simplicity of my day to day.
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#1084761 added March 4, 2025 at 6:34am
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Voice of doubt.
Prompt:
"If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.”
Vincent Willem Van Gogh
What is Van Gogh trying to tell us and what do you think of his paintings?

This is a great quote which I’d never heard before. That inner voice which tells us about all the things we can’t do is one I’m sure most of have heard. Just today at my singing group a new member told me that she couldn’t sing. I wondered if she really thought that would she have come along. Maybe today she had decided to stop listening to that voice. She must love singing, if only around the house or in the shower. I’m so pleased she did as afterwards when I asked her if she’d had a good time, her smile said it all.
My daughter told me the other day she couldn’t sleep and so stayed awake all night watching movies. I told her you keep telling yourself you can’t sleep, now try telling yourself you’re going to have a great night’s sleep instead! Where does this voice come from? Further more why do we listen? I used to listen to that voice telling me I couldn’t do so many things, now I take no notice whatsoever. In fact I think that voice has taken the hint and taken a hike.

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