Creative Benediction

Donna gave a very nice message in chapel last Wednesday about creativity. At the end, she gave us all pieces of paper. On them were writing "prompts" to get our creativity flowing. She challenged us to take them, do the activity, and use it as our benediction for the service. Or at least to take a creative break throughout the day. My prompt and response are here.
Complete these sentences:
  • The activity that gives me greatest joy is... I don't know if it would be truly considered an "activity" since you're not very active, but just sitting in a coffee shop, sipping a latte and either writing on my laptop or snuggled up in a corner on a comfy seat reading.
  • The good qualities that best describe my life are... family-oriented, good friends, God's goodness, blessed, loved.
  • The help that people most often solicit from me is... advice, I would like to think. Not that I'm good at the advice part, but I'm good at talking and sounding like I know what I'm doing. Gee, sounds like I learned a thing or two from my big brother. ;-) Also, my upbeat personality, I think. I would hope that if someone was having a bad day, they would realize I would try my hardest to cheer them up.
  • The part of my personality that I would most hate to lose is... always able to assess the situation. It might be in hind-sight a lot of the time, but I'm pretty good at analyzing what happened and how to make sure it won't happen again. Mostly figuring out what I did wrong and then figuring out why I did that.
  • The work that is most satisfying to me is... writing and cooking.
  • The activity that I feel drawn to, even when it's scary is... I don't know that I'm drawn to many scary activities but as far as nerves go, I'm drawn to being a leader and sometimes that is terrifying. But so worth it most of the time.
I'd love to hear your answer to one or more of the questions. Leave a comment.

Peace,
Rachel

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