Messages from the Drive In

Have you ever caught yourself really paying attention to something you've seen on your drive into work, or driving to the store? Today I paid attention to these signs and I tried to look up symbolism and came up with the message the world around me was trying to send me today.

Try it for yourself.

Today I ...

• Saw a squirrel - Squirrels mean: have more fun, don't take life so seriously
• Thought of a bear - Bears mean: protection, nurturing
• Heard the radio say: "write the story" three times in a row over and over.
• I was reminded of my brother's words in a private message about my writing
• Heard the radio say: no man is an island

My Take ...

So, I need to nurture myself and not take life so seriously because they really want me to "write the story". They reminded me of my brother's encouragement about how a published author wanted my help and that makes me awesome. And then I was again reminded that I am not alone and I always have the support of family, friends and God.

Woah. Quite a drive in, eh?

Creative Tip-Bit

Here is a cool way to secure those attractive jumbo notebook/journals. I got my jumbo journal at Walmart and I was able to secure it with a headband I got in the hair care isle. I think it is a Goody headband. I had bought it originally to hold my hair back but I guess my head is just too big... no comment. :)

Now I have a new use for these hair head bands. Notebook securer doo-hickey-ies.

Let me know how you creatively use things for other uses.

What Inspires You?

Being creative is all about being inspired. 

I have seen such a blossoming of creative abundance lately. I like to cross stitch. And back in the day the only place you could find patterns was in magazines specifically dedicated to cross stitch. Now people have embraced this new thing called the Internet and have created their own businesses selling cross stitch designs. Anything is available from wacky to goofy and girly to spooky. You can get a pattern featuring your favorite character from a multitude of series, everything from Sherlock Holmes to Dr. Who to Game of Thrones. People are just plum excited and inspired by what they are excited and inspired by. 

What inspires you?

Do you have a tv show you love? Do you fantasize about writing episodes for a particular series?  Haven't you ever heard the axiom: what you can create in your mind, you can achieve?

 Do you love helping people at your church but you think you're too shy? Sometimes you need to break out of your comfort zone to chase your dreams. And you never know. That dream may lead you to a bigger dream you never dared imagine before. 

Being inspired is a pretty cool thing that can open more doors than you realize. Many of them are inside your own heart. Dare to dream a bigger dream than the one you already have your sights set on. Maybe god is dreaming a bigger dream for you and this is why you have become inspired by something. 

Maybe you don't label what you do "creativity" or "inspiring" and that's okay. We all have something special that we know is our "thing". And when you finally find that "thing", you find a sense of peace in your life.

Take time today to discover what inspires you and maybe one day you will be the one inspiring others. 

Blessings.