If you want to write, then write....

The funny thing about writing is that you don't think that you have anything to say until you start putting words down on paper. Then the words just sort of flow out of you. It is just a matter of which direction that you want your words to go. Do you want to pull up a memory, bring out an emotion or synthesize an event? As I began this post, I didn't have a particular topic in mind, I just started writing to see where my thoughts would lead me. They have led me to the topic of writing. I've been reading, "If You Want To Write" by Brenda Ueland. A book I would recommend to anyone who wants to expand their creativity. Mrs. Ueland states, "everyone is talented, original and has something important to say". She states, "the ardor for the creative impulse is inhibited by criticism, self doubt, duty and nervous fear..." She suggests that the creative power and imagination is the Holy Ghost (Spirit).

I agree with her. When I am using my creative gifts, I feel like they are from God. No matter what I am creating, a new recipe, story, lesson or work of art...the ideas are not my own but from God's Spirit living in me. Yes, my efforts are needed to carry out these creative endeavors. My experiences influence what I create; yet ultimately, they are a reflection of God in me and the world around me.