Write, Make, Create, and Let the Creative Spirit Move You

What happens when we suppress our creative ideas?

“Waiting for the Muse” Image by Author: Carmellita in Canva

I recall the day I woke up early one Saturday morning. As I stared out the window, I sat at my messy, disorganized desk — books, pens, markers, coloring pencils, sticky notes, and papers everywhere.

Uninspired, I watched a squirrel running from one branch to another. And at that moment, I envied Mr. Squirrel. I watched a bird sit on another tree branch and eventually fly away. I resented that bird.

Then, I watched the leaves of the trees blow in the wind.

I begrudged every leaf.

My External Environment Reflected My Internal Environment and My Ability to Create

The Self-Contemplation of Spirit is the Creative Power creating an environment corresponding to the mode of consciousness contemplated, and therefore in proportion as we contemplate ourselves as centers of individualization for the Divine Spirit we find ourselves surrounded by a new environment reflecting the harmonious conditions which preexist in the Thought of the Spirit.--Thomas Troward The Creative Process in the Individual

Most days, I marvel at nature, but on that morn, I was jealous of everything that looked free — the leaves…