One Apple A Day #459 - You are creative
We're all born creative. It's our nature.
Can you think of someone more creative than kids playing? They can transform every object in a new game, any space into a new world.
Then something happens while we grow up.
Studies are showing that our creativity dry out while we go through school and when we become adults, for must of us, it looks like it's gone.
We get stuck in the logic trap.
We do things only when they are reasonable.
When we can predict the outcome. And in doing so, we become blind to what is possible beyond what is probable.
Unfortunately, when we are called to face the unpredictable, some crack. They can't see a way forward, and so they hide moving backwards.
But we are all born creative. Creativity is there. It doesn't disappear. We just need to create space in our life for creativity to expand.
When I feel stuck in something, and my mind can't find a way forward, I ask myself questions such as:
What would I do if this was just a game?
What would I do If I know I can't fail?
A child has no trouble believing the unbelievable, nor does the genius or the madman. It’s only you and I, with our big brains and our tiny hearts, who doubt and overthink and hesitate. — Steven Pressfield