Gratitude Journal: Day 24

Today I am grateful for leftovers. After a big holiday meal that I only cook once a year, it’s nice to have some left to enjoy for a couple days. Mmmm, homemade pumpkin cheesecake!

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Photo: White Chocolate Pumpkin Cheesecake @ Sprig © by Carl Black

Gratitude Journal: Day 23

Today I am grateful for my father. Our relationship certainly hasn’t been picture perfect over the years, but we have recently reconnected in a way that is so special for me. I am able to see him in new and different ways, accepting of him and his choices. I see that he is able to love me in his own way. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY, DAD!

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Gratitude Journal: Day 22

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO MY U.S. PEEPS!!! Today I am grateful for traditions, both new and old. I love the traditions passed down to me from my family, like cooking the turkey coated in oil, salt, and paprika in a paper bag and saying what we’re grateful for out loud. I also love new traditions I’ve created along the way, like homemade pumpkin cheesecake and celebrating gratefulness for more than just one day.

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Gratitude Journal: Day 21

Today I am grateful for big sisters (both biological and in spirit). The kind of friendship women older than me in years offer is invaluable. They are ahead in life experience, wisdom, and figuring things out. Their insights are like little treasures.

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Gratitude Journal: Day 20

Today I am grateful for dancing. I love dancing, getting in synch with the music, moving my body and just letting it all go. It’s one of the things I can do automatically without worrying about what others think. I just have fun.

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Photo: Dance © by Robbert van der Steeg

YOU are Creative, Really!

 “Creativity requires the courage to let go of certainties.” ~ Erich Fromm

Are you creative? Now before you rush to answer that question, think about it. I didn’t ask if you were artistic. I asked if you are creative.

It amazes me how often people tell me how un-creative they are when they find out I am a songwriter, as if I am standing there in judgment. Can everyone write songs? Well, I believe yes, they can. But that’s beside the point. The point is everyone is creative, whether it be in making music or something else entirely.

The trick is first defining the word creative. Broken down, being creative can be defined as the ability to create. That’s simple enough. We create every day, whether it be a daydream while waiting in rush hour traffic or a task on the job. Creativity is making something new and useful, especially when solving an everyday problem, like how to get to work when your regular route is blocked or how to get everything done on a to-do list in a short period of time.

Many people associate creativity with art or music, but what about problem-solving? When’s the last time you came up with a creative solution that no one else around you thought of (that really worked)? Or looked at a situation in a whole different perspective that really helped you get through a difficult time?

We often fail to recognize smaller feats of creativity, passing them off as unimportant or uninspired. But truly it is the smaller moments and our reaction to them that create the bigger picture…how we live and experience life, which in turn affects our overall well-being.

So, redefine what creativity is for you and then get to creating. I’d love to hear about what you created today! Leave a comment below.

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