Creativity and Innovation

This fabulous photo reminds me every day to look for the gold within every situation.  There is always some small, bit of gold dust or if you are lucky a huge great gold nugget in any situation you are in. I read a book once about this dude  who used to sit on a rock and wonder how he could make his fortune, he sat day after day and thought how he could sell the farm and go somewhere where he could become rich and successful.  Man, he could hardly wait !  The day came when he sold the farm and he moved away faster than a rat up a drainpipe. Guess what, the person who purchased the farm discovered that the very rock that this guy had  sat on day after day contained a precious  mineral -  silver (or it may have been gold, I can't remember now). Moral is, look for the gold within whatever situation you are now in !   Life is now.  It is not a dress rehearsal. If you fall flat on your face, maybe there is a photo opportunity there :) Maybe if you miss the bus, the person on th

Water Lilies, beautiful,  tranquil, serene, yet beneath the surface there are flexible and strong supports that move and sway  with each ripple, each tiny movement of the water is experienced by the lilies as they are at one with the energies of the water yet they move to their own rhythm, their own beat of the drum. A world, within a world 

Who is driving your bus, are you being towed by the nose to someplace you don't want to go ? Where is your river taking you in your life ? Are you a leaf being pushed around with the forces of the rivers of life  or are you moving to your own energy patterns ? Are you moving to the beat of your own drum or are you dancing to someone elses tune ?    It is pretty easy to just drift along in life and suddenly you realize that you aren't going anyplace, anytime soon !  Maybe it might take a catastrophic occasion to get you to see it or maybe some small thing will trigger that aha moment when you suddenly "get it" and realize its totally up to you.   One thing is for sure, if you don't set your own course then someone, or something else will decide for you - its a bit like hopping on a bus without checking the destination and then bleating that its not going where you want to go !  How many of us spend time and energy worrying about things that will never happen