For years, I didn’t see myself as a creative person. But looking back over the last thirty years or so, I have actually had an extraordinary life. All of the nooks, crannies, caverns, mountains, and yes, even the dark places have all made my list thus far as an extraordinary journey. Recently there has been a paradigm shift in my thinking! I’ve had a life suitable just for me. Taking the sum of all things given and experienced, the balance sheet shows a huge credit. The hard, chaotic, and trying experiences were not negative after all, but they added and even multiplied my total values. It is amazing how you can look at your life and cry because you didn’t have what you thought you should have had. I am finding that all that I didn’t have I gain through hardships and trials.
Each of us have a level of creativity. When we need it, it is always there. It is developed in difficult situations. To the ordinary, all things are ordinary, but to the extraordinary, life is grand and especially creative. How do you see yourself? Creative or Ordinary? Picture the following dialogues and evaluate which you are: Creative or Ordinary.
Creative Person: “I like to put water in my orange juice so it’s less sweet.”
Ordinary Person: “You’re crazy. That destroys the taste.”
Ordinary Person: “What are you doing?”
Creative Person: “I’m painting our mailbox.”
Ordinary Person: “That’s weird. You don’t paint your mailbox. You buy another one.”
Creative Person: “Why don’t we add a little rosemary?”
Ordinary Person: “Because the recipe doesn’t call for rosemary.”
Ordinary Person: “Why are you going this way? This will take longer. It’s out of the way.”
Creative Person: “I enjoy taking the scenic route.”
