Create / Thoughts on creativity

"Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy, pure creative energy"_Julia Cameron

I believe that we come here to create, and if we look around, everything is a creation. Today, I am feeling inspired by creative women, and have found a delicious new ( to me) author in a most unexpected way. Her name was Lois Wilson, and she was the wife of the Co-founder of AA, Bill Wilson.

Her memoir, "Lois Remembers" is the literature that is read during my Sunday morning Al-Anon meeting, and I have found myself captivated and inspired. As I listen to their travels & adventures I realize that I too, can enjoy life as they did. A willingness to create, listen and learn, has filled my personal tank with the fuel I need to keep moving onward and forward. Life really is that simple, just for today.

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Love / Surrender and Acceptance

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LFC= Love, Forgive , and Create. A reflection on the gift of living at my fullest capacity.

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