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I believe that creativity is a kind of potential we all have. It comes out in people in different ways. What develops creativity? Being surrounded by interesting things from an early age. This does not have to be a childhood filled with material things. Experiences create new synapses in our brains, and enhance our ability to think in new and innovative ways. In actual fact, the way children can naturally improvise and “make” their own kind of entertainment using their imaginations demonstrates this.
Of course, unless we continue to experience and learn new things throughout our lives, everything becomes dull and routine. It’s like a car journey. Drive the same way to work every day, and before you know it, you do not pay attention. Meet the same people day in day out, and you may be missing out on fresh ideas and perspectives and new opportunities. Stop learning, and life is not a challenge anymore.
How do we continue to develop those seeds of creativity we had in childhood? Go against the grain. Think laterally. Set ourselves challenges. Be adventurous. Learn something new every year. "Always be on the lookout for the presence of wonder," (E.B White.) Maintain that curiosity, spirit of adventure and zest for life you had as a child.
Of course, there are some people who do not have a good start in life. But sometimes adversity - in childhood or in the rough and tumble of lives - can drive us forward to start afresh. If ever you find yourself in a bad place, imagine yourself in a better place, and use your creativity to plan the brilliant future you deserve.
Life continues to teach us. Seniors who are creative and sharp have a positive and curious mindset, and every day is a new adventure.

Don’t talk to me of justice,
Don’t talk to me of pain,
Don’t talk to me of slavery -
it’s too hard to explain.

Don’t talk to me of freedom,
cos we all pay the price.
We strike out on our brothers -
and do it more than twice.

Don’t talk to me of a new Peace
all across the globe,
The streets are paved with bloodshed,
yet we say they’re paved of gold.

Yeah, Yeah, Yeah,
listen and you’ll see,
the violence and destruction
It’s too hard to believe,
Yeah, Yeah , Yeah,
listen to the sound,
There is no room for breathing
as a man’s tied to the ground.

Don’t talk of changes coming,
we dare not hope today.
Cos promises are tomorrow,
and freedom slips away
We march with distant voices,
that fall upon deaf ears,
we’re marching for our brothers,
with hearts so full of fear.

Just give me one last promise,
that Love comes shining through;
the bright star of creation,
a start of something new.
A sign that change is coming
when something in us moves,
and the world is all together,
and joined in Grace and Love.

Copyright Suzy Davies, 2020.

Don’t look, don’t look,
there’s looting on the streets.
Don’t feel, don’t feel,
don’t watch your brothers bleed.

Don’t say, don’t say,
don’t breathe another word.
Don’t hear, don’t hear,
don’t tell’ em what you heard.

Don’t think, don’t think,
remembering what’s the truth.
Mindfulness, bearing witness,
is something - not for you.

Don’t ask, don’t ask,
why changes never come.
Don’t cry, look to the sky,
for all the things you’ve done.

I said, don’t touch, don’t touch,
the lives beside your own.
Don’t pray, and never say
each heart’ll have a home.

Copyright, Suzy Davies, 2020.