Last Night at Dinner

Last night, I went to dinner at Linda and Saul's house.  We ended up talking about the economy in the United States and how hardship makes people more creative (thanks "C" for the idea for this post).  Which reminded me of Simon Schama's video series about artists, especially Vincent Van Gogh.  Mr. Schama posed the idea that Van Gogh's mental hardships changed him and was the energy or catalyst behind his paintings.   The idea is that Van Gogh's paintings were a grounding element in his life and they were fueled by his hardships.  Without his depression/anxiety, he wouldn't have been such an amazing artist.  During Vincent Van Gogh's life he was a failure in almost every sense of the word, from love life to friendships to art sales, and yet he kept working.  Van Gogh could paint a painting in a day.  After all that work, he only sold one painting during his lifetime.

To put things into perspective, what is your anxiety fueling?  What is your greatest good that requires this "energy" or "catalyst" to keep it going?  Is your anxiety out of control because you aren't living your higher-calling?  Just something to think about...