We’ve all been given the ability to create something. Something that will enhance our life and the lives of others.

We are responsible to think of and make things through thought, word or deed that will benefit mankind; that will leave things better than when we first arrived.

We are to create our own type of beauty. It will be our style and nobody else’s. We are not copy-cat creators. We make things from our own mind…might be somewhat patterned after another’s idea, but we put our own spin to it, making it unique.

If you notice and follow a particular artist, whether painter or musician, they each have their own style, own voice, own manner of painting…unique to them. When you see or hear it, you know it’s them 🙂

We all have it in us, our own footprint left wherever we go. It has been given to us to use and develop.

You have a beautiful voice on the phone. That could be your form of beauty used to help and benefit those you do business with. You have a good eye for organization, keeping things running smoothly and easy to find. This form of beauty serves others when they need help finding or knowing where to put things. You have an knack for gardening and lawn care. That form of beauty makes the neighborhood feel good driving through. You create fine jewelry or chunky jewelry, or make things with wood or steel. All things useful and well made for the user. It isn’t quite like anyone else’s. It is your own creation, your own style.

Keep it up. Everybody’s mind and hand is needed to think up and make something helpful for somebody else’s life.

Allow yourself to think good, creative ideas. Then begin to make them happen.

Waiting for my plane I watched many people walk by or be pushed in wheel chairs. Where did they come from? Where are they going? What are their lives like? What kind of family did they come from or do they have family? Does anybody care? Do they know anybody that does?

I thought: I need to remember more people. I need to send cards and letters to more people. I need to let more people know I am thinking about them.

We need to let many people know they were being thought of, remembered, needed and cared for.

We need to figure out how to love more on people, children, infants, toddlers, older people, and of course it begins with those we’re closest to…our family and friends.

There is an urgency for us as humanity to show love and compassion to one another, especially in our families – to ward off feelings of alienation caused by lack of listening, time, tenderness and touch.

Take time. Make time…every day to show love and care for your peoples. The more we love on people, the more they will love on others and the cycle of care will repeat itself over and over and over.

We can be an icebreaker in other’s lives.

We can actually break open hard icy shells people have erected around themselves as a false sense of self protection.

How?

• By talking spontaneously to and with them as we go about our day. The person next to you on the plane might be going through terrible fear of flying and you talking to them can help break the cold fear they are suffering.
• Holding open the door for someone can break their feeling that no one really cares anymore.
• Asking someone their name and then remembering it and calling them by name breaks indifference in another.
• Just smiling at humans as you walk past them and saying ‘Hello’ or ‘Nice Day’ or ‘You look really pretty in that outfit’ will break loose all kinds of cold icy shells.

The goal is to help set other people free so they too can enjoy their lives and keep moving forward a little more freely and pass on the same encouragement to the next person, spread it around at work, take it home to their family, and go to bed that night feeling just a little bit better about themselves.

Who will I run into today that has a cold icy shell around them – needing some warmth from another human so they can move about more easily through their day?

I will be on the look-out!