It's Everywhere

Since I began working on this blog is has been interesting to see how my mind has focused on little things that I probably would not have noticed before, and I think, "Wow, that's really cool I should blog about that." Well, I have had several of those instances lately and this is just one of them.

I think people can sometimes have this idea that creativity is something that is reserved for a select few "special" people, in "special" situations. I don't know that I have ever thought that word for word, but sometimes I miss just how important creativity is for everyone. Imagination is what makes life livable and so no matter what life may bring, you bring your imagination.

Ethan and I were at Wal-Mart the other day picking up the essentials, (chips, soda, milk, Lucky Charms, and oranges) and the way out of the parking lot we pulled up on one of those all to common drifters sitting on his bags by the curb, getting ready to pull up a sign that I assumed was going to say something like, "Will work for food", or "Denver", or "Homeless Veteran." But what happened next made my day. As we pulled up he flashed a huge grin and held up a cardboard sign with the words "SMILE."

Smile, not please feel sorry for me, please give me something, please help. Just smile. Ethan I turned around and went back to give him an orange, for which he was grateful, and I had a chance to talk with him a little while. But, what struck me most was his creativity. I again realized that creativity is something that God has put in each and every one of us, no matter who we are, and although we pervert it and try to make it our own, there is still a piece of it that has that glimpse of what He desires it to be.