This is a new travel blog I have started, about traveling well with mobility challenges. If you face similar issues, I would love to have you come along for the journey! I will still be continuing this blog as well. Pray all of you are doing well. Love, Lisa
Growth Through Challenges and Change
I was talking with a good friend last evening about creativity. What triggers it, what stops it, how to get it going again when you hit a dry spot. So as we enter into the year of our Lord 2023, I thought some inspiring quotes about creativity might be what we all need to kick start what might be languishing in our spirits as we might have overindulged in the indolence that sometimes accompanies the season.
“Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Look at life with the eyes of a child.” “Creativity takes courage.” -Henri Matisse
“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”- Albert Einstein
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth…So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them.” – Genesis 1:1, 27
“Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is the result of good work habits.” – Twyla Tharp
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” -Walt Disney
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men.” – Colossians 3:23
Blessings as we roll into this new year. Love, Lisa
Image – Young Man Writing, Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier
First of all….this is not a political post.
Secondly….nothing is something.
It has been many, many weeks since I have written in this poor neglected blog. I could give you an absurdly long list of reasons why, but I will spare you the excuses. Mostly, it was because of one big reason.
I felt I had nothing to say.
Nothing new, nothing of interest, nothing that would not offend someone, nothing that would fix the problems, nothing that encouraged.
But God opened up the thought to me this morning that nothing is still something. We all have something to say that is worthwhile, meaningful, helpful….even if it has been said a thousand times before. Because we are all individuals, going through this life in our own way. The lens of how we see life makes what we see, and say, and write, different yet helpfully the same.
My encouragement to any of you reading this? Your nothing is not nothing. It is something. Something very precious to God. Keep speaking, keep writing, keep hoping.
Love, Lisa
Watch this video of one of our resident hummingbirds, and we’ll talk afterwards. Make sure to have your sound up.
Ok…..what struck you about sweet little Howard the Hummingbird? Was he content and happy, drinking his sweet nectar in the feeder? Or did he seem nervous, agitated, borderline obsessed?
Howard has declared himself the hummingbird bully of the yard. He will not allow any other birds to come near ‘his’ feeder, will body slam them if they do, and sits there giving himself a neck crick constantly looking back and forth for offenders.
What really struck me as I watch him, is that Howard is not happy with his possession. He hardly drinks, he doesn’t fly much except for his body slamming, and he seems paranoid. I feel sorry for Howard. The possession seems to own him.
So, a cautionary tale for yours and my Monday morning. I pray we can enjoy and use and appreciate the things we own, and not obsess over them.
P.S., as a side note, listen to the happy tweeting birds in the background….a peaceful juxtaposition to poor Howard.
P.S.S., I love Howard….I just wish he could relax a bit and be kind to the other guys. 🙂 Love, Lisa
Think About These Things 