I ran across a little thought and wanted to see what we can do with it.

That thought is actually a quote from the Course in Miracles, and for all fast readers of this course, here is the location of the quote: T-9.I.13.5, as well as the quote itself …

“As long as you believe that fear is possible, you will not create.”

When I first read this, I was about to read right past it because it is kind of self-evident, right?

But then it struck me that it must be possible to also conclude the other way: if a creation I intend to bring some into existence does not work, does that imply that I have fear?

And I had to answer that with a resounding YES!

In other words, I found myself a nice experiment with which I can easily and, without fail, evaluate my fear level. I wanted to know if I am fear-free in an area – just create something and see if it comes to be.

If not, then back to the drawing board, so to speak.

Just the viewpoint alone of using the “failure to create something” to measure lingering fear brings such a nice exterior viewpoint, which makes creating a lot easier and nicer.