Creativity is one of our highest forms of self-expression.
It is also the stamp of our individuality; the very mark of our existence.
Because the things we create are the embodiment of our thoughts and ideas.
No matter how big or how small, our own type of creativity is our personal contribution to the world around us.
We are all involved in the act of doing and it is the evidence that we leave behind us as a result of our “doing” that is the mark of our creativity.
Over the years goal setting in our family has turned into a rather scary tradition. It takes place at the very first family dinner in the New Year when each person sitting around the table has to commit to at least one new goal for the coming year.
It can be somewhat daunting because if you haven’t set any goals you can be absolutely sure that the rest of the family are ready and waiting to pounce on you.
Funnily enough, there’s method in this rather bizarre tradition. Because once you’ve announced your new year’s resolution you are saddled with a commitment that you are forced to take seriously.
Make no mistake. Dragons do exist. We may not be living in forests any longer but there are real dragons lurking out there. Modern dragons of the virtual kind like Google and Facebook.
Right now many people are keenly anticipating the imminent unleashing of Facebook’s secret plans as it prepares to ingest our personal data with its insatiable appetite. Meanwhile, Google is hatching its own plans.
These are two of the most powerful uber-consumers of today and they are contentedly feeding on the tasty morsels of our personal details. Furthermore, we are voluntarily feeding them information faster than they can digest our offerings.
Adding meaning and interest to your life is surely one of the most important things that you can do for yourself. And it isn’t all that difficult either.
If you’re feeling dull and stale, an absorbing new hobby can be just the thing to bring new light into your life.
My own way of adding that spark of interest involves handwriting analysis – which is a not only a fascinating interest but also an amazing learning experience.
It also makes a wonderful hobby. You can collect the handwriting samples of the rich and famous, of historical characters or of your own ancestors. From their handwritings alone you’ll be able to discover so much about their personalities that it will amaze you.
Down with scraped content – those bits and pieces of text automatically swiped from other people’s articles by some clever piece of software.
Down with those disconnected sentences that are so meaningless you need a translator to help you understand them.
Who wants to plough through reams of inferior stuff whose only purpose it is to confuse the search engines?
Many PLR articles too, are mostly poorly written rejects that their authors are too embarrassed to own publicly.
Bloggers often find it difficult to update their blogs with fresh content on a regular basis. Of course it’s difficult and of course, as bloggers, we’re all game for a short cut here and there. But blogging is a craft and it’s a creative one at that.
The entire universe is shot through with elements of creation and destruction, with making and breaking, with living and dying.
And in the continuous interaction between life and death the destruction of the old brings forth the birth of the new.
For without destruction there would be no creation. Without death there would be no life.
Together, creation and destruction form the complete picture of life in all its nobility and ephemeral beauty.
We would not look at the fragile beauty of a rose with such poignancy if we thought that it would last forever.
Its beauty is enriched by its evanescent moment in time; its loveliness enhanced because we know it will decay.
The beauty of a sunset or the loveliness of a rainbow would be diminished if we thought they would last forever.
And life is more poignant because it is fleeting like a beautiful butterfly on a summer’s day.
