Many spellcrafters are paralyzed by the idea of making a mistake. They have some vague conception of their lives imploding if they add the oregano before the deer’s tongue grass, or if the candle is lit before the incense.
Part of the spellcrafting process involves having the courage to take your life into your hands and commit yourself to making a difference. There’s no way around that. In fact, it’s one of the greatest truth of accepted that he or she can make a difference in his or her life. As a spellcrafter, you possess the power to initiate change. If you’re petrified of doing something wrong, though, you’re not even giving yourself the opportunity to make a difference, let alone the chance to make a mistake–or to succeed.
Resolve right now to allow yourself to make mistakes. Mistakes are how we learn. “Be willing to look like a beginner in order to be an expert,” says creative coach Jill Badonksy and she’s right: everyone has to start somewhere. When you learned to ride a bicycle, you fell off and skinned your knees over and over until your finally mastered the trick of balancing on two narrow, moving tires. Spellcrafting can be a much less painful experience as long as you remember to come up with a clearly defined goal, to think through your spell carefully, and to consider the consequences. Practice gives you experience to apply to your future spells. Note, however, that practice does not make perfect in the subjective area of spellcraft.. Life is a work in progress, after all. Things are rarely perfect.
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