While having brunch with a new friend today, I related my journey over the past decade and how the wonderful, guiding energy we generally pay no attention to, had brought me many life altering events. Indeed, the past 10-15 years have personally been ones of enormous change; sometimes invited and sometimes not.

Recently, the first glorious day of spring came and went, we had a tiny sliver of a new moon a few days ago, the snow has been replaced by green grass and showers, and Im writing a new article today. Life continues to move and amaze, no matter how small the occurrence.

I have always said the one and only constant in life is the presence of change. Im beginning to think I should amend that statement to include "the constant flow of energy for creativity". Although Ive never heard it said as a fact, I would imagine that mankind couldnt exist without creativity, besides, it would be really boring, wouldn't it?

Even people whom many would consider as negative have to be creative in their negativity. Can you think of someone or a group of people that arent creative? Criminals are always illegal, but often wonderfully creative. My Dad always laments that its too bad they dont put their creativity to good use, but to a criminal where would the fun be in that?

Creativity creates change, and change offers opportunity for more creativity. In the midst of that cycle another old adage springs to mind, Necessity is the mother of invention. Maybe I should look at change as a necessity of life, rather than, just as a constant in life.

Right about now youre wondering, where in the heck is he going with this?

Well, since nothing in life is static, one shouldnt expect to many things in life to remain as they once were. It would be nice if everything would stay as a fond memory, but we humans arent built that way.

Change is frequently looked upon as a negative by itself, when in fact, its generally very positive. Finding the good in a newly constructed shopping mall where deer or fox once could be seen isnt always pleasant. But to the hundred or so new employees who have found employment its a blessing.

Everything in life is designed to expand and growmassive trees develop from seedlings, streams swell to raging rivers from snow melt, one-man shops grow to thriving, prosperous businesses, and a struggling artist suddenly thrives on a new art form where only a charcoal drawing existed before.

Creativity is at its best is when its purpose is growth and joy.

Losing a close friend to a new job or retirement in a new city isnt easy either, but it opens the door for travel to visit them, and the possibility of new friends who move in where the old ones moved out.

Learning to allow the creative energy of our universe to work outside of our lives, just as we allow it to work within ourselves appears to be a good idea...don't you think?

Endeavor to find joy everyday in your own personal expansion, no matter how large or small; embrace the creativity, the change, the growth. View your world from the bigger picture and deliberately create change that improves your life and the lives of those around you.

In the end, its just one mans opinion, mine.