What makes us special.

Quote from Sir Den Robinson speaking to Disney president Anne Sweeney:
"...companies need people who can think differently and adapt and be creative.  A company like Disney in fact all companies-depends on this great multiplicity of talents.  The continuum, as I see it, starts with imagination.  It's the most extraordinary set of powers that we take for granted: the ability to bring into mind the things that aren't present.  It's why we are so different from the rest of life on earth.  That's why we're sitting in a beautiful building, drinking from these cups.  Because human beings make things.  We create things..."
-Fast Company  page 80
September 2013

Disconnected.

Its really important to be connected to God.  I did not really realize how important until I recently met a woman with no Christian influence in her life.  She had many difficulties including a divorce, a child that was doing poorly in school, money problems, conflict with co-workers and many other issues in her life.  It was sad to see her struggle as she made many bad decisions and then had to deal with the consequences.  Rebellion marked her personality.

I began to realize that she:

• had poor judgment because she was disconnected with the Judge.
• could not tell what the weather was going to do because she was not attuned to the God who sent the rain.
• knew very little about the natural world because she was disconnected from the Creator.
• had family problems because she was in rebellion to the Father.
• was dishonest because she was not connected to the source of truth.

Christianity has a huge influence on us.  "Common sense" is a gift from God.

Four gifts.

Here are some things that we often over look in creation:
The gift of motion.
It is lovely to watch the tree tops sway in the breeze.
I love to watch the sunlight dance on rippling waves.
The gift of color.
Colors gently brushed and blended at sunrise or sunset.
A garden bursting with different shades of green.
The gift of textures.
Smooth or rough tree bark.
Shiny smooth leaves others rough with little bristles.
The gift of sound.
Quiet things... frogs calling, crickets chirping, the wind blowing through the cottonwoods, boats rocking, birds calling, cicadas whirring, rain on the roof.  These are lovely peaceful sounds that soothe us.