I sometimes use work to cope with worry. When I have enough work, my worries disappear. I know the concerns are still there, but the work pushes them into the shadows. I can pretend they don’t exist, I’m fine, nothing’s wrong.
Creative Life Truths: No One’s Born with Creativity
We sometimes view people as their end results, believing they’re born with innate creativity or genius. Take Mozart as an example. We think of him as a musical prodigy. However, someone encouraged him to take a seat at the piano for the first time. Some person urged him to embrace the talent entrusted to him. We think he possessed innate creativity, and maybe he did, but someone helped him release it.
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Alphabet Adventure: I is for Ingenious
For some reason, ingenious makes me think of Pinky and the Brain, perhaps because the two mice are the direct opposite of the word. Brain believes himself ingenious, but Brain’s brain (Ha!) overcomplicates things. All his plans to rule the world come to naught and not always because of Pinky’s tendency to be all thumbs or to forget instructions. (Poor Pinky.)
A Simple Pursuit
God take us back, the place we began
The simple pursuit of nothing but You
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[Because] nothing and no one comes close to You
Nothing could ever come close
Nothing and no one; it’s You and You only
Nothing could ever come close
“Simple Pursuit,” Passion
Write Right Gives Away Her Curds and Whey
Creative Life Truths: Everyone is Creative
This creative life truth probably stands as one of my favorites. Reason: I’ve been arguing the case that everyone is creative for years. I vividly recall saying something along that line to my college roommate. A few years later, I made the statement to my youngest brother, an engineer.
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