Creativity, too, moves in cycles. Inspiration and stagnation, flow and resistance, expression and introspection. To live in wholeness means recognizing that the contraction we instinctively want to avoid is actually necessary for the expansion we often crave. Like jellyfish drifting through the ocean, the contraction is what sets the stage for the expansive propulsion forward. The darkness we resist is often the very thing that shapes the light we seek.