Trying to regain our creativity can be somewhat difficult as we get older. Our childhood days of writing, singing, dancing and making up wild fantastic stories have been pushed to the wayside. Our time is now filled with housework, family obligations, bills and the like. 

Creativity is basically making something out of nothing, and unless creativity is actively nourished it can't present itself. If we could just reach back into our childhood and recall some of the fearless skills we all once had, we could begin to develop our creativity and weave it into our everyday lives.

Life is a Blank Canvas

Gazing at a blank canvas can be very intimidating. It's either a quick way to squash the creative flow or the first step to creating a true masterpiece. When we were children, we weren't aware of the right or wrong of creating, we just knew that it felt good. 

Returning to a Fearless State 

The first step is to have a little fun. Drop your shoulders and grab a game, sled or jump rope. Try to enjoy the activities you did as a child. The idea is to clear your mind from the concerns of your day to day life and ignite the ability to think freely.

The outside world can itimidate, reject and even humiliate creative souls. Maybe it's because they want us to be "just like everyone else."

I hope and pray that creativity will start to become more accepted, understood and encouraged so that those that are creative can feel free to embrace who they were truly meant to be. I've experienced situations (many times) where people with extreme cases of creativity were ostracized in social settings and are then encouraged to change. The energy changes in the room. You can feel people wondering "why can't they just be normal?"

As a creative soul, I have no fear in sharing my thoughts. Although there are times when the last word leaves my mouth and the recipient appears to feel threatened because they didn't think of it themselves.  Other times people slam the door on a creative interaction by laughing or shunning the idea as silly or stupid, only to use the idea later and taking claim to it as their own. That can be a hard one to get over.

Whatever the case, exhibiting creativity is good.

The fearless creative mind is a valuable tool and the excitement of free flowing ideas opens the door to a wonderland of creative journeys.