I’ve been concerned for two days that when I wrote aboutcreativity the thought would come into your mind of painting pictures, or
writing music, or creating books. That may be part of the creativity that
ensues, but the creativity I’ve discovered from Living in Truth is much, much
more extensive than that.
When we Live in Truth the blessing of creativity is
something that exists in every moment. It is part of everything you do. Children
are bickering and you suddenly have a creative idea as to how to stop them in a
way that teaches instead of reprimanding.
You encounter a very grouch clerk at a store and you suddenly have a
creative stroke of genius as to how to interact with him in a pleasant way that
you can see influences him for good. You encounter a situation that is usually
very boring like waiting in a long security line at the airport and instead of
stewing and fretting impatiently you suddenly have a creative idea as to how to
use that time in a pleasant and profitable way.
As I said before, creativity is the ability to take two
things and make something new out of them. In the last example, you take time
and the long line and instead of enduring a nuisance you create moments of learning
or making new friends or spreading goodwill to those around you. You create
something new in that moment that didn’t exist the moment before. That’s the
blessing of creativity that comes from Living in Truth. The poem, story,
picture, music you may also create is icing on the cake, but not the cake!
I had never thought of creativity in this way before. Thanks for the insight. :)
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