Find your own trigger!

Some people find it profitable to be engaged in some work like in the garden or ironing clothes or cutting vegetables because such activities do not require any intellectual thought, although physically at work. Many women find cooking or washing clothes monotonous and it is on such occasions which are ideal for day dreaming or indulging in delicious flights of fancy. All that is required is to enhance your inner creativity, to make life happy and serene. Why should we relax in order to become creative? Because, it is only in this state of tranquility that we are able to come into contact with the deeper recesses of our sub-conscious mind that all inspiration grows. Sometimes, we may be painting pictures or writing poetry when we suddenly find a desire to be creative and manifest it. Inspiration comes in a flash as in the case of actors, singers, painters, after many years of grinding work. For example, author Ruth Randall whose work has been so highly acclaimed said that she has been writing all her life, before she was discovered and hailed as a bright new talent. A seed sown in the earth in ideal conditions will choose its own moment to show its tender first shoots and there is no guarantee that you will be standing and watching it. Similarly, your own moment of inspiration may flash at a time when you are thinking if something completely different. Intuition helps and very rarely let us down. We should listen to that small inner voice guiding us along the creative path, possibly in a direction we have never imagined. Creative inspiration is a transient phenomenon comes at an unexpected moment making it important to capture it before it disappears altogether. Whether the idea comes for a splendid new novel or a wonderful new invention or a new musical composition or even as an answer to a difficult problem, which was worrying you, you should write it down. You may think that you can remember it later but your minds become so cluttered with garbage that the inspiration is submerged in the debris. When one of my neighbour uncle was in the police, instinct has helped him a lot in decision making especially in dealing with disorer (as uncle once told me). Even in interrogation of criminals instinct helps indicating whether the criminal is lying or not. Inspiration helps only when you know the subject. You can’t write a wonderful poetry or do a painting or sculpture without creating ideas. You can’t create a new recipe if you are not aware of the result of blending the ingredients. The tragic heroes and heroines are the ones who thought of doing something, postponed it and never started it. Remember, that only those whose minds have been allowed to roam free are capable of creative thoughts and inspirations. As one of my friend said, “I feel sorry for Turtles. Some of them, live to ripe old age but spend their whole lives in a shell.” Before you are ready to come out and speak confidently, you must have the courage to burst through your shell. Many people fortify themselves to live in the comfort zone, like denying a promotion because of change of place or just do the thing and not anything extra. Many permanently perish, because of a mere lack of adventurous spirit and fear to do something at great risk. Many whip and defeat desires, simply because they concentrate on why they cannot do a thing. To succeed in this world, one has to be an ever-growing and ever-evolving character. Life is trial and error and hitting the right spot while oscillating. None in this world had the correct formula or rule book to live a successful life. It is pure experimentation and the results teach us to proceed ahead or stop. Abraham Lincoln said, “Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.” A life without mission or purpose is without meaning. Meaning gives life direction. A sense of direction creates the hope of arrival at a preferred destination. To see that destination before it appears on the horizon and to want it more than anything is what life is for. Like all things that make life worth living, pursuing a definite mission involves risk. And risk makes us alert, vigilant and creative to find the solution. A wise risk is the one you will not take now, but won’t be able to take later. It has a lot to do with timing. Jim Elliot a young missionary martyred for his faith, wisely encouraged others when he said, “He is no fool who gives up what he cannot keep to gain or what he cannot lose. Today is the only guarantee you have; make the best use of it.” So my friends go ahead and do it and something will happen which will be to your advantage.