I love the thought that we should simply have enough patience until an idea, an inspiration comes knocking. It doesn’t happen often. So we should be ready and not just welcome the idea with joy, but tenderly court it, stick with it, never let go.
Ideas hate being left on the side, waiting until it’s convenient for us.
I’m certain you’ve had some brilliant ideas for projects and products throughout your creative life that you abandoned after initial enthusiasm. Or you waited too long and the idea moved on until it found the right person for the job. You just weren’t the right one.
I hope you’re ready for the next good idea. That you treat it respectfully and don’t immediately abandon it for the next hot flash of inspiration.
Hold on to it. Keep going. Bring the idea to life. Be your idea. We need you and your creative sparks to move forward here.
The German original lives at reinergaertner.de, my blog since before most of the internet existed (1997). Translation: AI. Quality control: me, squinting. Apologies in advance.