New Experiences
Each new experience with someone else changes us on a fundamental level. Sometimes I have difficulty being creative or thinking about what topics to write about. In these difficult times, I remember fondly of the days when I could see a question, and quickly and easily organize my thoughts, and express my feelings about it. I was in a flow and easily able to access it. Such fun!
But sometimes, I follow the same format, and I struggle to form a sentence even to get the beginnings of thought down. Fortunately, there doesn’t have to be a long-stagnant stage in the process of creativity. You can always do something to spark your creativity. We are all in charge of this type of action and spirit in life. Some will fret and worry that with billions of people globally, everything has been created already. But I think that thought process misses the point. Even though there are so many minds in the world, there is only one you! YOU are the only being on the face of this planet who can produce your thoughts, ideas, and view of the world. The things we can create belong to us alone. That is one of the things which makes life great.
Change and Growth Change Everything
I have gone through a great experience that has left an unmistakable and long-lasting mark on me, but sometimes I cannot seem to write as easily as I used to. This has been a frightening thing to realize. I have tried approximately a hundred times to start writing about the thoughts and views that I think are important. Still, after a promising first sentence or catchy paragraph, the ideas and creativity would vanish into the ether as if they never existed at all. I have the drafts to prove it. Many ideas were generated, developed, and lost. It does not feel good.
But the process of creativity at times is going to be a struggle. It may mean you are not true to yourself. Or perhaps you are trying to appeal to a particular audience or worrying about how you look rather than the creative process itself. Creativity is what it is, and the right audience will find and resonate with it. Or maybe you are just trying too hard. Whatever the case, keep trying, relax, breathe. Let your creativity flow from within and enrich the world. In doing so, you enrich yourself.
You Aren’t That Person Anymore.
When I was struggling, it dawned on me that one of the effects of experiencing new people and things in your life is that they change you fundamentally in almost all ways. They don’t make you better or worse they make you different. I know that it is called growth, and without the capacity to grow as individuals, we will wither and die, either literally or figuratively, or both.
Of course, the flip side of change is that a whole new level of thought and insight is at your disposal. Like coming to the end of a tunnel and busting through only to find a cache of rooms full of ideas never considered or understood, which impossible before. This is the doorway of creative passion and a realization of a whole new world at your disposal. Write about the things all the new people bring to you, and the lessons of the experiences.
My Past Writing
Reading through my writing from the past few years, I can mark my development and growth as a road map to my thoughts and insights today. It feels much like you do when you look at old pictures of yourself. You remember the moments, and they are special, but that is not you anymore. You are now someone else. Each time you read a new thought and develop as a person, there are new layers of your thought and being exposed to the creative process.
Here is to hoping that I can adjust to the new experiences I have and find the topics that will push my growth further along on my journey. I am looking deep within to find the content that needs to be explored and the edges that need to be smoothed. It should prove to be an interesting ride no matter what happens. Life always provides what is needed.
I say to all of those people I have met and worked with over the years, “Thanks a lot!” Seriously, though, I would never have reached these thoughts and ideas without you and the inspiration you brought me by your good and/or bad behavior.
So What Do I Do Now?
It seems clear to me that my writing in this space has to move from the theoretical and move toward being more descriptive about the experiences I have had in life. That is a challenge but a good one to try. Only time will tell if my insights are interesting enough to take a look at or not. All I can say is that all are welcome on this journey, and I am always looking for the next person or situation to provide insight and creativity in any situation. I am always looking for more knowledge to share and adventure to have. I have been fortunate to have great people in my life. They all have contributed to my thoughts and my pursuit of being a better person mentally, physically, and spiritually. They have taught me how to treat others by their kindness and their cruelty. Put your creativity as a priority in your life and see what you can bring into the open space of existence.
