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All of us possess creativity. As children we use and delight in our creativity. One of the casualties of adulthood is neglecting our creativity. Lives become busy establishing careers, raising children, dealing with the demands of daily life. The result is that our natural creativity lies dormant.

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Point it in the right direction (have positive intentions and goals that I’ve expressed, written down and shared with someone), and

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Guess what, it’s possible and let me tell you why I know this. I set out a goal five years ago to have one original thought per day. At first I tried so hard, but couldn’t do it, but I was able to have one or two per week. Then as I kept trying eventually I had one per day. Then I realize some days I had two and I would save one for the next day’s quota, that’s when they started to stack up and I noticed I was having 2 to 3 original thoughts every single day of my life. It is my belief that anybody can do this.

3. If I try to do more than one thing at a time I risk derailing myself – and my very survival. A winter storm day is not the time to open a water bottle, make a phone call or jot down my grocery list while I’m driving.

I have many creative dreams and many things I want to accomplish everyday, every week and throughout my life. I can do them all. And I can only do one at a time. Spreading myself thin makes it harder to be effective and I risk giving up on one of my projects.

One worry is that I’ll “lose something” – completely forget about a project or my excitement for it. I have to keep faith that the really special projects won’t be forgotten.

And that if something is jumping in front of me and distracting me from the task at hand, maybe the truly exciting thing about it is that it’s taking me away from the “drudgery” of completing what’s in front of me. I need to complete what’s in front of me.

4. I have to keep my reservoir full. By practicing healthy self-care habits every day, my reservoir of energy (adequate nutrition and enough sleep, rest and activity) will get topped up.

It’s when my reservoir is full that I’ll be the most creative and the most open to my muse and to spiritual guidance.

And as I use it I need to constantly replace it.

Because any change we make needs to be reinforced with our actions every day. And every morning is a brand new start and the beginning of a whole day’s worth of choices to make.

5. God’s in charge (and I’m not). I can make all the plans in the world, and, as we all were reminded on December 26, 2004, plans (and lives) can be washed away in an instant.

So while I set positive intentions, create goals and practice positive visioning of what the future holds, I also aim to be open and accepting to whatever God’s plan is for me and for my creative dreams.

Prayer, meditation, talking things over with someone I trust, all of these help me to separate *my* plans from what God seems to be telling me.

And last Wednesday God planted the seeds for this article by providing a winter storm, extra time in the car, a good dose of inspiration from my muse, and the willingness to listen to it you can be published without charge. You can to republish this article in your website or blog. Please provide links Active.

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