Creativity & Innovation

Day 9

I love the 8 Pillars of Life described by Sheri and Nancy.  Today I want to focus on the Creativity & Innovation pillar.  I love the way Sheri and Nancy describes it.  "Put your hands in the clay. Shape today, and invent what happens next. Believe in the abundance that will follow when you do work that you love, with people you love. Honor your inspiration. The Story: My Creative Spirit Soars."

I think it is so very important that we all focus on Radical self-care involving the pillar mentioned above.  It makes it so much more exciting when not focusing on "work," but on creating and innovating.  Today, my friend, Mary, reminded me of focusing on our essential oil and beauty product business.  We are busy creating beauty products using natural products.  We are working on creating shampoos, facial oils, facial creams, lip balms, and hopefully we can create jewelry to add essential oil drops so that we can feel better throughout the day as we breathe in the wonderful aroma.​​

​“But unless we are creators we are not fully alive. What do I mean by creators? Not only artists, whose acts of creation are the obvious ones of working with paint of clay or words. Creativity is a way of living life, no matter our vocation or how we earn our living. Creativity is not limited to the arts, or having some kind of important career.”
― Madeleine L'Engle, Walking on Water

I love how the quote states creativity is a way of living life!  That really is what I am trying to focus on this year.  I want to be fully alive. 

It is sad that in many jobs today there are people who are taking away or making it difficult to be creative.  This is what is happening to many teachers today.  Someone else is dictating what we can and cannot do in the classroom.  I miss the years in which people trusted us to make learning fun.  I hope changes will be taking place in education soon.  

Here is a great article explaining what is happening in schools today:
How Schools are Killing Creativity

So what is your opinion on creativity and innovation?

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