Create To Live

I still haven't gotten to the point I started toward three blogs ago. Here's a quick review of where we've been. In “To Survive Is Not Enough” I talked about embracing life whether it's good or bad because ultimately it's good. In “More Thoughts On Living” I discussed doing your best in whatever you are doing. I believe both of these ideas are important ingredients to living a fulfilling life. The original point I started writing towards though was meeting our need to be creative.

When I said do one thing that is more what I was really getting at was do something creative. I'm not sure why I didn't just come out and say that. I guess those other two points just needed to be said first.

Creativity is a fundamental part of a human being. I believe when the bible talks about being created in God's image our ability to create is central to that idea. We need to nourish that aspect of ourselves. In this modern hectic world we can easily forgo a creative activity in the rush of work, kids, video games, twitter, facebook, iphones, dishes dogs and on and on. Without a creative activity in our lives we starve our spirits.

So doing something creative. It doesn't have to be big. Don't think you have to write the great American novel to be creative. Write a poem. Write a blog about being creative. If you learn one song on the piano you'd be creating music. The point isn't to be famous or even share it with anyone. Just keep it for yourself or someone special.

Feed your soul.

Create.

Live.