Nobody likes constraints.
We don’t like being told we can’t do something.
We don’t like not being able to afford something that we want to do.
We don’t like being forced out of what is comfortable.
We don’t like finding out that we don’t have the resources we hoped we would have to execute new ideas.
Yet there is a magic to constraints.
There is a blessing to not having all you want.
And there is a power to having limited resources.
The power is creativity.
Creativity is often activated as a byproduct of constraint.
You don’t need to be creative when everything’s going your way, you have unlimited resources, and you can do whatever you want to do.
You have to be creative when there is a need to find a way, solve a problem, and figure out a path for where no obvious one exists yet.
And that is when the magic happens.
Magic happens when you are forced to be creative.
Magic happens when your back is up against the wall and you have no other choice.
Magic happens when everything you’ve known changes and now you need to come up with something new.
And people who survive…
People who thrive…
People who change the world…
Are creative.
And their creativity is very often the birth child of constraints and challenges and difficult circumstance.
So, if you’re experiencing constraint, don’t be frustrated; be thankful.
Don’t be discouraged; be determined.
Don’t be blocked; be creative.
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