The Creative Side of Life

As a self proclaimed perfectionist I tend to stifle my creativity-- I have had and currently have many creative and artistic friends. They are always using things around them to create beauty and feed their creative being. I have several creative bones in my body. When I was little I LOVED to color-- as time went on I learned to use color in a pleasing way on paper. I would pick crayons that complimented each other. I would make up stories and then illustrate the pages. My mother would make me paper dolls and let me color in the clothes. The difference between me and my creative friends is that they are still being creative even now as adults! My perfectionism- aka: Mrs P-- tells me I'm too old to be creative or I don't have time-- the dishes need washing-- the bathroom needs cleaning etc. What is the fun in that?? I want to thank my creative friends and my mother for always inspiring me to look for the beauty in everything and to incorporate creativity and COLOR in my everyday life! So-- join me now and put away the computer- leave the dishes for another time- and get that crayon box out or those poster paints and spend even 15 minutes CREATING! Our Lord was the ultimate Creator and just look at our world!