Creativity Punch (Not A Drink!)- 1 - 12/18/06

For the reminder of the year, I will be sharing exercises and quotes with you, that I hope will inspire your creativity. It’s a busy time for everyone, no matter what holiday you choose to celebrate. I don’t want to add more work to your busy calendars. So I will post some exercises and some quotes plus a holiday greeting or two throughout the first week of the New Year. Enjoy and be inspired!!

Creativity Punch — First Exercise

Please follow these general rules for all exercises!!

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Snow Movement

Have you ever tried to walk in knee-deep or lower snow? I have. It isn’t easy. It’s quite aerobic to say the least. Not too mention wet, cold and well, I think you can figure out the rest.

I don’t make a habit of walking in the snow, especially here where I live. But, I did do a little bit of it in Oregon, during my college years. Needless to say, I much prefer to sit inside near a warm and cozy fire, drinking some tea and chatting with friends, studying and watching the world outside, through the nearest window.

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Need To Blog? — Balance

I talk about balance a lot. I do it, because oftentimes I don’t maintain a good balance in my life, between many areas, especially work and relaxation. At the moment I’m writing this to remind myself that I need to write in my offline paper journal for a bit today. I told someone that I would do so, on Friday, and did I? No. I didn’t. I can tell when I need to journal, because in other parts of my life, I start to feel restless and a bit irritable. I know better than to push myself like this. If I continue in this direction, I will probably end up in a stupid and useless argument with someone because I haven’t taken the time to talk out what was bothering me in the first place. That’s a habit I’ve been working hard on breaking. It doesn’t help me or the other person to pick a fight, but it does provide a temporary distraction for me, at least for awhile.

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“As for me, I shall behold Your face in righteousness; I will be satisfied with Your likeness when I awake.”
Psalm 17:15

This is a loving reminder to me from the Lord, that I will see Him when my life is over. Mortality issues were all over the news this weekend, and still are because of the search for the climbers on Mt. Hood in Oregon. I am grateful that I do have this promise from the Lord. I don’t take it lightly and I don’t take it for granted. I know that if something should ever happen to me, I will go to a better and very real place. I am comforted by that. However, at this point, I am not dwelling on that promise because I have work to do today and a holiday celebration to prepare for in the next week.

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Awesome

I’ve been listening off and on to the rescue journey news of the hikers lost on Mt. Hood in Oregon.

I have such respect for them, for the rescuers and for the mountain itself. It’s incredibly beautiful, from nearly any angle. It’s also very treacherous. I am not a mountain climber by any stretch of the imagination. But Mt. Hood by it’s very nature dominates the Oregon landscape.

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