honoring creativity

Longings stir under cover of night in spaces that are dark and quiet.  The impulse to create churns in the depths of our being where the mind is inactive and cannot interfere with Life reproducing Itself. Melody, poetry, architectural lines, paint strokes, babies...bubble to the surface of our awareness and convince us of their need to exist. We either numb to their sound, hear and suppress, or claim the voice as our own and label the creation "mine". Oh to listen, receive, give way to the birth of a word, an idea, a visual display of splendor, the sound of angels. Creativity is at our core.  It is the flowing and flowering impulse that unites us all.  It has the power to blend colors, dissolve boundaries.  Creativity is gifted to us upon our arrival here.  What we do with it is our gift in return...to the Giver...to one another.  What we do with this gift may very well determine our survival as a species on this planet.  Please help us, your creation, turn toward You, oh benevolent Creator this all powerful generating force that is the birthright of humanity yet a power we ourselves cannot possess.  Help me open to your flow within me to be a conduit through which Your creation can emerge in whatever form or capacity You desire. Thank You Almighty One...Father and Mother, Generator of all.

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