Being Creative

Psychologists have found that only about 2% of adults use their creativity, compared with 10% of 7-year old children. When 5-year olds were tested, the results soared to 90%. Originality is a way of life for the small child. But something happens on the way to adulthood, and the daring, the delight and the unpredictability are gone. And so is the originality. Living creatively is being ready for almost anything. This cute story speaks about how we can use creativity. A preacher asked a small boy “Can you tell me who created you?” The youngster thought for a moment, then he looked up at the preacher and said: “God made part of me.”

“What do you mean ‘part of you?’”
“Well,” answered the boy, “God made me little. I grew the rest myself.”
“Growing the rest” is a lifetime job for all of us God has fitted each of us to live one life, our own. We find personal wholeness and joy in discovering and using the particular gifts He has given us for living that life. And we make a difference. “We are collaborators in creation,” wrote Theilhard de Chardin. What you and I are becoming is what the world is becoming. So, let’s all be cautious about how we grow the rest of ourselves.