I don't know about you, but I have lived a good portion of my life being super responsible and driven by duty. While this has taught me many wonderful lessons such as perseverance, discipline, strength and independence, I have also allowed my sense of responsibility to overshadow my creativity. This is what work life balance is all about: balancing my responsibilities with enjoyable activities that nourish and renew me.
Creativity is a portal to access your spirituality. However you like to express it, the very act of creativity uplifts your mood, broadens your perspective and inspires. Those are all spiritual qualities. Your very own unique creative expression is your opportunity to experience your soul nature.
It doesn't have to be a grand gesture such as painting the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. It can be something as simple as planting flowers, drawing a picture, singing while you're driving or knitting.
I am a big believer in spirituality being practical and useful in our daily lives. Creativity helps shift our minds from looking at the glass half-empty to being half-full. The half-empty mindset is caught up in the problems, the daily grind and what is missing in our lives. The half-full mindset empowers us to see all of the blessings we already have in our lives. It helps us to imagine opportunities and possibilities and lifts us up above believing we are powerless to make change in our life.
We always have a choice in any situation, even if it only the choice to choose how we see something. This means we are always empowered and no one and no situation can take that away.
Creativity is using the power of imagination to take action, to change course, to be proactive. Imagination is the first step to being able to change our circumstances. First you see the possibility in your mind, then you put it into action using your creativity. Spiritual insight speaks to us through our imagination and then that moves into the physical realm, into our lives when we take action.
I am writing about this because my creativity has been calling me for years, but it has been getting a busy signal. I realize that the only way to create positive change in my life is through my creativity. Taking time to daydream is just as important as keeping your nose to the grindstone. Both abilities are needed to reach our goals.
My challenge to myself and to anyone who wants to be challenged is to take an idea and run with it. Get inspired and then do something about it. It's how spirit rolls.
