Third Principle of Creativity

 

The third principle: When we open ourselves to our creativity, we open ourselves to the creator’s creativity within us and it expands to our lives.

In the presence of the Lord, we find answers. Because, in His presence, we open ourselves to God’s impartation. We allow Him to take centre stage and perform the creative miracle we are longing for.

I can honestly say that I have never gone into a fast-moving river, lay on my back, and enjoyed the ride. My analytical-realistic brain stops me at the edge as I watch the water pass.

I grew up next to the Orange River in the Northern Cape. It is an intimidating river that snakes through the Kalahari with a quiet stillness. From a far it is beautiful and inspiring but up close it shows a strength that warns you to step lightly. The riverbanks at some places so steep to keep you away and at other places you can step into the shallow waters as it laps at your feet. Even in the days when we were standing on the sandbanks inside the river, learning to swim, I always approached it with high regard. Its presence left a great impression on my younger soul. It still does.

Currently, it is in flood, its power sending shock waves through the community and awe in the rest of us. Then, it accumulates at the Augrabies Waterfall as a thunderous body of water into a very steep ravine. It is a sight to behold. I was there in 2021 when it was in flood as well. That mighty roar spoke to my spirit-man, and I cried. A mixture of awe, fear, and respect that you cannot explain to another person. The roar to deafening and the presence of God so real that you could feel the tantalizing power right into your bones.

Right at this moment, the thunderous roar of the Augrabies Falls is ten times that and has been closed for public viewing.

Can you imagine, Father God, inviting us into that powerful body of water to reveal His greatness to us? Yes, even His creativity is shown to us as He urges us to relax and ride it out with Him.

With that image in mind, it can be intimidating to approach God’s presence, but God wants us there. A place where we can trust Him. Rely on Him and experience God’s creative power to come to its fullness.

“God, are you for real?” I would ask, then I would see a smile spreading across His beautiful face as He nods. Yes, He is real.

When I was younger, I always accompanied my father and uncles on the small blue boat across the river. It was such an adventure, even though it was scary. But that small boat was sturdy, and the men understood the streams and rowed us safely across to where my grandfather’s farmland was. Today you can access the island by car much easier. Back then, it would take too long to go around reaching the island from the other side. Besides, you would miss the splendour of such a journey. So, we always took the boat, and my uncle’s dog swam next to us. Always reaching the riverbank first.

(My cousin replaced the oars with an engine which made the trip so much quicker.)

I remember the firm hold I had on the sides of that boat as my father and uncles rowed us across that brooding water. The water sliding underneath your fingers as sunrays danced on the surface. Capturing you into silence. The stretch of water so close you can taste its very existence.

For some reason, I always think of that river when I read about the rivers in the Bible. The mesmerising awe it inspires to lie back and enjoy the ride while God does His thing.

This is what I experience when I see point three of the basic principles of creativity. God invites us into the mighty river to show us what He has in store for us. The question is, will we trust Him enough?

Once we do, our creativity flows from our heart to our mind, to our hands and fingers. Our hands and fingers are only the tools God uses, but the creativity itself begins in our spirit. There, God the creator gives us images of what He wants to birth in us. It is only in a place of trusting and relaxing that we truly can experience God’s creativity to work through us.

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Let the river flow.

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The second basic principle: the in-dwelling creative force.

 

There is an underlying, in-dwelling creative force infusing all of life—including ourselves.

 

Our in-dwelling force has its own character and personality. It is filled with insight and knowledge. If you trust Him and follow Him, then you become part of a greater force. A creative force that has no copycat in its veins. It is original as your Source is.

We talk, of course, about the Holy Spirit that talks to your spirit. The interaction is a clear vibration of wisdom and insight into the deeper things of an Almighty God.

Your creativity is not human-born or man-made. It comes from your innermost being where no one can see it move. It is so deep within that no one else can hear its voice or see what it shows to you.

Only you are aware of this movement. Only you can react to it.

Once you tap into that force, creativity blossoms and you become a river of insight, providence, and healing.

Each one of us hears and listens differently. Therefore, our creativity manifest differently. This is what makes it so unique and beautiful. And most importantly, people recognise you. It becomes your voice within this busy world.

Shema.

Shema means to hear but also to listen. To incline your ear to the voice within and act on what you hear.

Shema can also mean obedience. When you are obedient to the inner force/voice, you act on what you hear. You become single-minded in your actions and your dreams receive a certain direction. Follow this. Follow that. Do it this way. Add this.

The more you listen, the more your inner force grows. The more your creativity shapes and forms to something tangible that others can enjoy and appreciate and buy.

This is the ultimate goal of your creativity. To inspire, to heal and provide.

It is the basics we all need according to the Maslow hierarchy of needs.

SELF-TRANSCENDENCE

Transcendence refers to one’s spirituality and relation to the universe and others. This need is specifically concerned with the act of helping others to self-actualise.

SELF-ACTUALISATION

This stage can only be met once all other needs are satisfied. Though any person can achieve self-actualisation, not all people will since progress may be halted by life’s challenges.

AESTHETIC NEEDS

This refers to the search for beauty, balance, and form. Maslow recognised that artists tended to focus on fulfilment of these needs.

COGNITIVE NEEDS

A person’s cognitive needs may be fulfilled by the pursuit of knowledge.

SELF-ESTEEM

A person’s self-esteem needs are often met as they achieve goals, master certain tasks, and receive recognition or respect for accomplishments.

BELONGING NEEDS

These include love and community and are met by family, friends, or romantic partners.

SAFETY NEEDS

Safety includes feelings of security and stability, living free of fear, and being safe from harm.

PHYSIOLOGICAL NEEDS

These essential needs include food, water, and shelter. Most people try to fulfil these needs before any others.

This where we are going. Once we tap into our inner force and creativity begins to flow we become whole.

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Let the river flow.

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Fourth Principle of Creativity: We are, ourselves, creations. It means that we should continue creativity by being creative ourselves.

Studying a river, you will notice the ease it flows with. Flowing over and around obstacles as if they don’t exist. Why? They’re in the habit of creating. They do it without thought. A natural phenomenon which we admire.

In the week I saw three people, on inflatable mattresses, drifting off on a stream through a forest. Now and then you notice they bump against something and their course changes. It is so slight that it goes unnoticed by them as they follow the flow and enjoy the view. The treetops waving in the slight breeze and while enjoying the wonderous spectacle.

A fun way of relaxing and appreciating nature while you become one with yourself.

Likewise, our creativity should pour from us with an ease and comfort. It is not a strenuous task we have to think too much about.

Take, for instance, a dancing couple. Each step is perfectly coordinated to sync with each other because they have taken the time to practise. I believe the dancing gene was already within them. The flawless movements were already alive within their bones as they glide across the floor. The gentle sway of the hips, the graceful lifting of an arm or leg already brimming with energy earmarked their passion.

I envy people that can move like that. I love to dance. Alone, I can glide over the floor with relative ease, but when a man asks me to dance, I tense up. Why? Because I don’t know him, nor have I ever danced with him. Basically, it comes down to trust.

A dancing couple trust each other. When the woman turns away, she trust that the man will bring her back fluently and will bring her no harm. Likewise, a man will walk away in a sassy swagger because he knows the woman will not leave him on the dancefloor. They are both invested into that routine.

That is how we should be with our creativity. Like dance partners, we should trust in our ability to bring out the best in us. To trust ourselves is to allow devoted time for play/practise. Without adding time into the routine, your creativity will come to naught. Then you will lose the free flow of the river-like movements which promise to take you to a restful place.

The more we create, the more we trust the process. The more we create, the more we become invested into our creations. Like a couple that takes the floor, we trust each other. It becomes an investment we pour ourselves into and we continue to become better at our craft.

When your body, soul and spirit operate as one, your creativity flows with a river-like ease. Any obstacle you might encounter becomes an opportunity to grow, to change direction, to tweak and grow some more. A dynamic duo exists between our body and spirit, and we pour our very heart within its recesses to become bigger than us. So big that it becomes a legacy which last forever.

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Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.

Basic Principles of Creativity

There are ten basic principles that Julia Cameron mentioned in her book, The Artist’s Way.

I will discuss each one in a separate post to help us better understand what it means to be a creative being.

We all are aware that we have the same Godly DNA within our veins. How we use it is up to us. When I first learned about this, I was blown away by the sheer volume of who I am in the bigger scheme of things.

Your thoughts are always welcome and maybe you can add to the ideas.

1. Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy: pure creative energy.

The term ‘creative energy’ is quite enigmatic and is difficult to put your finger on, as it is a term that means different things to different people. Creative work, such as coming up with interesting ideas and concepts, requires more than just time and dedication. An element of creative energy is needed to propel the creative thought processes.

Imagination and innovation are two key components of creative energy and creative thinking. Creative energy is not an external force that can be captured. It is highly individualised and comes from within.

Real Business UK, by Joshua Stanley, April 19, 2021

In my search to understand what is creative energy, I had to scout the Internet and found an array of answers. From energy power, we need to give us electricity to God working through us to reach our highest of good.

What I deduce from this is that creative energy is a life entity that gives us power. And, here is the best part: it comes from within.

Therefore, it is so important to have a relationship with God as our Superpower. If we are not plugged in to our Source, we are unable to create with ease. We cannot create by ourselves. We can doodle and draw some lines or even bake a cake, or do the best in accounting. But to really be an energy power, we should stay connected.

How cool is that?

Creativity comes naturally to us all. As a child, with no formal training, we could draw the moment we received a pencil in our hand. We learn to bang on the tupperware tub or pot and made ‘music’, we baked cookies from mud... etc.

Creativity is ingrained within our very DNA.

Connect creativity with our Source and we have pure creative energy. Then the banging becomes beautiful notes of music that fills the air. That mud cake turns into a chocolate lava cake that people drools over. Your pen writes a perfect sentence, chapter, or book.

The more we tap in, the more we become a conduit of creative energy that touches those around us, and we serve others through our chosen path.

We are resourceful, talented, shimmering with energy. But it all begins within. The more time we spend with the page, or blank canvas, the more fluent it becomes. The easier it flows.

Release your creativity: Part 2: Belief

Last time I wrote about how the lack of knowledge will cause your spiritual/physical death. If we don’t apply knowledge to the inspiration and dreams and act, it will remain fruitless.

Now we take it a little further by adding substance to our knowledge, and that is called belief.

Who do you believe in? What do you believe, and how do you apply your belief in your creativity?

“Why do most people find it so difficult to put the required action behind their knowledge? I believe it is nothing more than a lack of belief.”

The moment you connect with God, streams of living water flows.

Our creativity is like a river that has to flow continually to grow. If we do not put action to the flow, it will stale and dry up. Blocks appear, and what we experience or feel in our hearts doesn’t manifest in the medium you are led to use.

One of the main reasons this happens is our lack of faith in ourselves.

When we have a lack of faith in our abilities, we stop the flow. The only way to recharge it is to connect with the Living Creator that is the beginning of our creativity. He is our source, the very substance of our existence. We cannot separate the two.

Charles Spurgeon used a wonderful analogy to describe how faith works. An anchor on a boat might look beautiful, but it is useless. In fact, it is only an ornament while it lies on the boat.

Only when it is tossed into the waters and reaches the seabed, can it become useful. It is created to work in the silent dark places to anchor the boat. It wasn’t created to be an ornament.

If we don’t believe in God, we can’t have faith in our abilities. The two are interlinked. Once your connection is secure, faith works.

An anchor is connected with its source. It cannot do its work properly if it’s not connected.

This is how faith is. Only when you use it, does it become useful. Our faith must come into action in order to release the flow of creativity in our lives. If we don’t use it, it is a mere ornament that gathers dust on our vessel.

The only thing we can do to make it work is by acting in faith and toss it into the sea once that connection is established. This is where our belief in the divine will be tested.

By Faith [that is, with an inherent trust and enduring confidence in the power, wisdom, and goodness of God] we understand that the worlds (universe, ages) were framed and created [formed, put in order, and equipped for their intended purposes] by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things which are visible.

Hebr: 11.3 (Amp)

When our belief is shattered or misplaced by the troubles of this world, we are like a Lasarus who is still wrapped in he’s death cloth; who can hear but cannot see and who still stinks and is unable to communicate.

It is only when the death cloth is removed that we can truly see the new life promised to us. Once we see and hear, can we communicate and the creativity be released.

Talk to someone close to you if you struggle with this or talk to me, and connect to the Source of your hope. Jesus Christ, the anointed of God, establishes that connection, and see what God will do in and through you.

Let the river flow.

Your KreativPreneur
Lynelle 

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Creativity 101: What is a holistic platform?

Creativity 101

My intent with this blog /group is twofold:

     To bring like-minded people together who have a passion or drive to create and to show it off in a safe environment without ridicule or judgement.
And to help people to get unlocked, unblocked, unsecured, unfastened, and connected with the well of creativity that is within each of us. Whether or not you use it at this stage, you are a creative being with the ability to create.

With each part I will go deeper into it but for now I will give the absolute necessities to understand what it means.

The things we experience within that continue feeling that something is amiss is, in fact, your creativity that is looking for an escape. It is so integrally part of you that you cannot be alive without expressing it through some sort of creativity.

Whether you bake, knit, sing, write, dance, paint… you create.

Within the comments, let me know your thoughts and struggles. Your input is valuable.

For us, to understand what KreativPreneurs are, we must begin at the beginning.

Why do I say this is a holistic platform?

According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary Holistic means:

Adjective

characterized by the belief that the parts of something are interconnected and can be explained only by reference to the whole:

"the solution demands a holistic approach and a strategic vision of what can be achieved" · "poverty will need to be addressed holistically."

Medicine

characterized by the treatment of the whole person, considering mental and social factors, rather than just the symptoms of an illness:

"many people conclude holistic medicines are beneficial" · "a truly alternative holistic medical practice" · "a holistic therapist"

 

According to YourDictionary.com, it means:

As an adjective

1.      Of or relating to holism. Webster's New World.

Similar definitions:

2. Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts. American Heritage Medicine.

3.   Off, concerned with, or dealing with wholes or integrated systems rather than with their parts. Webster's New World.

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4.   Designating or of healthcare that takes a patient's nutritional, environmental, and psychological factors into account. Webster's New World.

5.    Incorporating unconventional treatment, as, variously, folk medicine, yoga, acupuncture, massage, etc.

 

General Systems Theory, a related modern concept [to holism], says that each variable in any system interacts with the other variables so thoroughly that cause and effect cannot be separated. A simple variable can be both cause and effect. Reality will not be still. And it cannot be taken apart! You cannot understand a cell, a rat, a brain structure, a family, a culture if you isolate it from its context. Relationship is everything.”

Marilyn Ferguson The Aquarian Conspiracy

 

We are all students of life:

Holistic education (also: holistic learning) is an approach to education that involves educating a person so that they will become a well-rounded and confident being who contributes productively to their community (in serving and being a solution when it is called for). It focuses on developing care for others and respect for the environment. It pays equal respect to the emotional, social, and cognitive wellbeing of the learner. ChrisDrew (PhD)

 

Another scholarly definition, from Marshman (2010, p. 3):

“Holistic education focuses on the fullest possible development of the person, encouraging

individuals to become the very best or finest that they can be and enabling them to experience all they can from life and reach their goals.”

Is that not what we all want? To be fully developed, to serve those with our talents and reach our goals. I know I am. As you, I learn with each new information I receive.

 

A Holistic Writer (artist)…

1. Sees their work from the outside in.

2. Understand their work as the sum of its parts.

3. Sees those parts only in relation to each other and the whole.

4. Sees their fiction in relation to their person.

5. Cannot separate their writing life and their everyday life, because they are the same.

 

What the Bible says:

We are earthen vessels that need to be filled.

Streams of living water will pour from us once we connect with God.

We are created in the image of God. 

He is the Creator, and we have His DNA. Therefore, we can create.

 

Next time, we will look further into ourselves. What it means when we hear: body, soul and mind. 

Creativity 101: Your spirit

As we dig deeper within, we realize how complex we really are. There is a world within us that is dormant until it the lid has been removed.

Our body is the vessel that carries us from point A to B. We must maintain this vessel to the best of our knowledge to live a long and healthy life.

Our mind is the element that gives us personality. It helps us to cope, to be strong, to learn, and to excel. It is from this place we love, hate, get angry, are selfish, are jealous… etc. Each of these attributes opens our mind to other things which can either bind us or help us move forward. Our mind can also block us because of our experiences, our culture, and connections. It can falter our core beliefs and limit us to where we can’t see past our troubles. Our mind is susceptible and if we do not guard our mind, we will become fearful, reckless, or even dangerous to the people around us.

But we have a build-in radar that can help us cope and stay on course. But we must unlock it first. Take note: we must do it. God will not flick a magical wand above our heads and do it for us. No, we must unlock it by submitting our entire being to Him. The more we open, the greater the connection and fresher the anointing.

We are all born with a spirit. The spirit needs to be nurtured, taught, and strengthened with a greater power than ourselves. It must learn how to listen, talk, walk, and do. As a Christian, we have a manual that helps us to stay on course. It is called the Bible. Everything within that book is there to teach us. It teaches us the fundamentals of life and how to stay on track. If we listen, we enjoy the fruit of it. If not, we suffer the consequences. We are familiar with that feeling when our prayers don’t pass the ceiling. It is then that we should do introspection and ask the Holy Spirit to show us the reason.

As a Christian, I believe that the Holy Spirit is that Greater Power and once my spirit and God’s Spirit connect, my spirit blossoms. With the connection comes training. I must learn how to pray, read my Bible every day to equip my spirit, do warfare, and sing praises to the Almighty Father. Through obedience and submitting, I become less and He more.

Through this connection, my creativity or talents are triggered and open a better world. If it stays dormant, it will reach for anything else to hold on to. Like a giant octopus, it will latch on and drink but remain hungry. These connections can be fatal or lead you on the wrong path. Others can bring enlightenment, but I believe it is only through the Holy Spirit that we truly can be free.

Our spirit is a living being that always needs nourishment. Sustenance to feed from and grow. As we grow stronger, we experience the freedom to sing, create, make a joyful noise, and walk in authority on earth. Our mind becomes subject to our spirit because it becomes the controller, teacher, and initiator of our life. Now we don’t act from our hurt or fears, but we act from a place of safety. Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in the world.

Our creativity is the incubator with all the potential the Father has for us. If it is blocked, we struggle to create. Words falter, colours remain dark, joy is momentary, faith is dwindling, and hope is neatly packed away. We struggle to find our rhythm; our inner metronome is out of whack, and we feel trapped. This is a dangerous place to be.

Our very DNA is to create, but through the lies we perceive as truth, we believe we can’t do this. We tell ourselves that we are useless or tap into the lie that this is all for nothing. If we believe this, we remain stuck. Once we look it in the eye and deal with it, we become open to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

This open connection is vital to our creativity. Without it, we will remain where we are. Clueless, frightened, poor in spirit and in mind, disillusioned, and helpless. But that is not where the Father wants us. If we stay in that place, our vessel stays dormant. We exist but not live.

To bring back the joy and the hope, we must establish that connection and stay connected. In the connection with our Source, we can be free to create. Through creating, we can create a better life. Not only for ourselves, but for every person God leads us to.

 

Creativity 101: I have a body.

 

Creativity 101: A Holistic look at who I am.

I have a head, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, stomach, bum, legs, and feet. Plus, all the other smaller appendages in between. I call it my body.

My body can do amazing things, especially when I am fit. But even if I am not mobile, my body can still be valuable.

With this body, I can exercise, walk, run, pray, meditate, read, bake, swim, ride a bike, lay on the bed, paint, write or whatever I choose to do with it.

It is totally depended on me. That is why I must look after it. My body cannot take food from the fridge unless I don't tell it to do so.

Each one of us has one. No matter the form... it is our body. What I put into it, he gives back to me. Whether good or bad, it returns the favour. Sometimes to our devastation.

Being a holistic person, we are made into a body, with a mind and a spirit. Our body is the vessel we use to our advantage.

The mind and spirit don't have a body. Therefore, it needs a body to move around and put action into our thoughts.

How do you take care of your body today? Do you drink enough water? Eat correctly? Do some exercise with it? I know... we don't always, but try to.

Or maybe you are busy with a painting, or writing. Some part of your body is at work. Right? Even as I type this post, my body is at work. Maybe not all of it, but part of my body is in motion.

The point is, without this body of mine, I cannot do anything I want. I have to take care of it. Make sure it stays healthy. Give it enough rest, do some walking.

My body is essential to my creativity. No matter my choice, my body is needed to put action to it. How great is that?

Share your thoughts in the comments.

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Entering a New Season

 

"Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence. Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance. Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence. Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance." — Yoko Ono

Change is never easy but it is necessary.

For us to enjoy the newness of this season, we have to make things easier. When we simplify, we create room to grow and we can receive new things the Father has in store for us. If we hold on to the old things, the new things have no place to fit.

The Bible says you cannot put new wine in an old wineskin, so you must make room to receive.

It is a careful balance; and if you do it correctly; it can take you into the new.

Last month, I joined the Kingdom Writers Conference where I was confronted with a good deal of new information and a fresh anointing that confirmed the cleansing change. I really had to rethink my strategy and rethink my Why and How. That, after I have set up a business plan to begin a platform for like-minded creatives.

I was in for a big surprise and had to really come to grips with this in order to accept and change or be stuck and become stagnant.

For starters, my website’s platform has changed, and the name has changed. This wasn’t an overnight change but a gradual change from WordPress to Blogger that had its own challenges. I will share all the new links in the next session.

But it comes down to simplicity and clarity. For myself and to my followers.

As a creative being, I have many outlets and each needs its own spotlight.

1. As a writer, a website is essential for sales and marketing. After all, we like to talk about books.
2. As a freelancer, I need a place to advertise my services.
3. As a reviewer and blogger, I like to talk about the books I have read.
4. A platform for like-minded people also needs a space.
5. And as a coach, I need a space to talk about the things/problems we face.

Quite a momentous task, but once everything is in place, it just needs to be maintained.

When I began I was overwhelmed and deflated, but now that the end is insight I feel lighter and more energised with the recent developments.

So, no matter how much we argue or kick against the changes in the long run, it is beneficial.

A river can only flow easily when it receives fresh water. And fresh water only comes from a source that is without debris and flow with ease.

May this season be a refreshing joy for you.

I bless you.

​You expected to be sad in the fall. Part of you died each year when the leaves fell from the trees and their branches were bare against the wind and the cold, wintry light. But you knew there would always be the spring, as you knew the river would flow again after it was frozen." — Ernest Hemingway

Release your creativity: Part 1: Knowledge

 

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A deeper look into what needs to happen in order to move into our destiny. 

“If we apply massive action to our knowledge, it will have a faster, and even greater, impact on our lives.”

Knowledge is a fundamental part of our very existence. Without it, we will not know the simplest thing or do certain things, or how to act in everyday life. With that knowledge comes action. Action to do conquers the curveballs life throws at us.

For example, knowledge empowers us to walk the street with confidence, interact with others with confidence, and do our work with confidence. The more we learn, the more knowledgeable we become.

Once we are born, we receive knowledge from our parents on how to interact with them, family, and relatives. We learn to share, to love, and through play, we learn and observe essentials that build us from the inside. Here we are moulded into an image and the lessons we learn here shape us in how we receive more knowledge.

At six, we are sent to school to receive schooling in matters that will help us one day. We learn how to count, how to string words together, we learn about our body; we go back in history and much more.

A new birthing takes place that equips us to become a mature people that can apply that what we have learned to live our dreams and to excel. After matric we have many other avenues to take. A world opens with many possibilities, and we are confronted with choices. Every choice has an impact and if we make the wrong one, it can set us up for failure or propel us to bigger heights.

It takes determination and will to get through this stage, but the result is fulfilling and gratifying.

Certain areas in life like becoming a doctor, you must attend a university and study in a certain area in order to become even better at it and your knowledge grows exponentially. Each step always gives you a choice of acquiring more knowledge which you can apply in your daily life.

To simply say that I can do a job without the knowledge will cause problems. Unfortunately, there are many that think like this and cause harm to themselves and others with grave results.

The lack of knowledge cause death.

If we do not understand how to cross a road, we will be crippled or worse. We can die if we eat the wrong plants.

If we don’t apply what we have learned from a parent or a teacher, we will not know to look right, left, then right again and step in front of oncoming traffic.

If we don’t stop at a red light, we will cause an accident or die.

To have knowledge will have a faster, and even greater, impact on our lives.

Knowledge and training go hand in hand. We must train to get the result we are looking for. Without training, learning, and testing, our knowledge will stay limited.

The more we learn, the more knowledge will be added.

The more we do, the more confidence will grow.

Knowledge breeds confidence.

Talk to me in the comments. I would love to hear your thoughts and what you have learned. 

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Prrr... just like a cat.

 

This morning during my quiet time, these four words stood out, and I created an acronym with it.

Prrr... just like a cat.

Have you ever watched a cat?

If you did, you will notice he is very good at sleeping. He can sleep the entire day, stretched himself out, may eat some, just to curl up again and continue with his sleep. Then, when he does wake, he baths himself with careful intent. He doesn't miss a spot.

Prrr...

Pray (meditate):

Throughout the new testament, you will notice the times Jesus walked away from the crowd, or stood up early to speak with his Father.

He wasn't swept away by the crowds, or social media. No, he was mindful of spending his time in conversation with his source. This is the reason he always seemed in control of every situation.

Prayer leads to the first r... it is rest:

Rest means to take a step back and make time for the things that are important to us.

We all have deadlines we have to make, but if we do not schedule time to rest, it will be detrimental to our health.

This leads us to the second r... reflecting.

Reflecting results from rest. As we take a time out, we realize what is important to us, make adjustments and walk with greater ease through our day. We become mindful of the smaller things and chuck out the big things.

The next r... results from reflection, and that is recreation.

Recreation comes through play, sing, paint, dance, having fun, exercise, etc. It brings us closer to the place of creativity where we found the outlet.

Recreation that is truly restorative always creates a clear sense of well-being and centeredness, both physically and spiritually. Recreation, like the word implies, re-creates in us a heart for God that is expressed by a sincere appreciation and gratefulness.

Joey O'Connor. The Longing: Embracing the Deepest Truth of Who You Are.

This is a good way of reminding ourselves to become still. It is from this place that our creativity blossom into something beautiful.

PRRR STAND FOR

P - Pray (Mediate)

R - Rest

R - Reflecting

R - Recreation

There are days I am so thinly spread that I neglect certain things. I trust you can understand this as well.

Therefore, it is so important to take the time to pray, rest, reflect and be recreational.

Each step brings you closer to the words and colours stored in your mind and you become a colourful array of shapes and sounds, fulfilling your purpose.

I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THESE QUESTIONS:

What re-creates your heart and soul?

What playful activities, hobbies, and interests do you immerse yourself in to live out a childlike faith?

How is your time best spent allowing the re-creative work of God to refresh and remind you of who you are?

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