Permission To Make Mistakes

This quote has been making the rounds on Facebook over the New Year’s weekend, and I have to say it’s stickin’ with me.  Something about it is so loving, so light, so permissive of the thing that holds us back from creative wildfire.  I offer it here as a meditation:

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re Doing Something. So that’s my wish for you, and all of us, and my wish for myself. Make New Mistakes. Make glorious, amazing mistakes. Make mistakes nobody’s ever made before. Don’t freeze, don’t stop, don’t worry that it ISN’T GOOD ENOUGH, or it isn’t perfect, whatever it is: art, or love, or work or family or life. Whatever it is you’re scared of doing, Do it. Make your mistakes, next year and forever.” – Neil Gaiman

What could you do in your creative process if you weren’t afraid to make mistakes?