Ikigai Thought for Today: The Creative Paradox
Making time to create
You are both a created and creative being.
Steve Prefontaine may have been the best runner in history.
Not because he was the fastest or won the most races. He may have been the best because of his approach to running as an exercise in creativity.
“Some people create with words, or with music, or with a brush and paints. I like to make something beautiful when I run. I like to make people stop and say, ‘I’ve never seen anyone run like that before.’ It’s more than just a race, it’s style. It’s doing something better than everyone else. It’s being creative.”
We can bring creativity to anything we do. Our work can be our art.
When we live in Ikigai, we experience our essence and purpose in creative harmony with all that we do.
There will never be enough time, and yet as Grant Snider points out, there will never be a better time.
🌀 Make your art
“If we are to preserve culture we must continue to create it” - Johan Huizinga
God has allowed each of us a set of talents unique and developed by we alone. The greatest gift is to utilize them not for our own gain but to help continue to build humanity where peace, joy and harmony are not just nice words but states of being to be illuminated before all!
🙏Love this David! It's like an invitation to surrender to the embrace of creation in each moment...whether it be nurturing a 10-year-old whose under the weather, the privilege of waking up to the beauty of a vibrant fall day, or even the sheer magnitude of all our bodies do "behind the scenes" to support the creative process that courses through our veins. Are things going precisely the way we mapped out in our minds & if not, are we receiving the invitation to dance with abundance that transcends the limitations of our thoughts?