CREATIVE THINKING is the best way for youths to make it in life.







God has given each and every one of us a marvelous ability to think original and creative thoughts, yet few of us spend enough time thinking. It is believed that too many of us hurry through life with our minds preoccupied and overloaded with the cares of our personal lives. We need to cultivate time for creative thinking. But creative thinking in solitude is difficult because it requires several important things.
Discipline:
                One must be willing to get alone and think one subject without getting diverted because of self-defenses, negative thoughts, fantasies and in confused guilt.
Courage:
                One must believe that there are solutions, answers, ideas and concept that are thinkable.
Hard work:
                Thinking creative tots does not just happen and it requires energy and the willingness to extend that energy on thoughts. Since it is easier in the short run to live with problems or poor designs we tend to think of good workable solutions.
Original thinking:
                One must believe that one can create whole new ideas where those ideas did not formally exist. After an idea is developed, people often say that the idea is simple and obvious. The fact is, it is obvious after it has been created so the false impression is formed that new ideas are easy. Therefore most people think that hard creative thoughts are unnecessary. However the one who does the original thinking knows how hard it is and how hard it will be again.
Pen and paper:
                Without committing creative thought to paper, one can easily lose the thought or chain of thought. When it is on paper one can look at all the alternatives and write out the expected results so that it is not just fantasy or wasted day dream.
An action plan:
                This last idea of developing an action plan helps one see the flaws and brings much reality to light regarding the idea.
                The common activities that we use to fill our mind and solitude are reading, praying, listening, observing or copying already existing ideas. These are all fine these are all fine, positive, life-giving activities but would encourage each and every one of us to add more to the creative act of thinking.
Think about your own life and what you really would like to do, to make, to try, to change and to develop. Think about your relationship with your family, your needs, friends, teachers, opportunities, threats and strengths that you have that require attention and creative solutions. Think about your school, your church, your neighborhood, your support groups and your world. And of course. Think about your work and the hundreds of opportunities for improvement in the quality and quantity of services or products you are producing.
It is generally in solitude that we drink from the deepest will of God’s love, forgiveness, mercy and grace. It is in solitude of our minds that we can assemble our enormous capabilities of focus on a single person, an organization, or on a task. It is in solitude that we do most of our reading, thinking and creating. In this solitude that we learn from God to live a life of creativity, peace and self-discipline, which in turn ironically leads us to the full rich life that Christ, offers to us.
 The choice is ours. We can use our solitude for self-indulgence, to berate others in the privacy of our minds, for character destruction. Or we can use our solitude as an opportunity to learn of God and be open to his voice. Solitude is simply an opportunity to choose to live more deeply and fully or the other way round.


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