and on the third day, she created a blog post

I recently, and very awkwardly, shared my creative side with some people at church. It made me feel very uncomfortable to share for some reason. It's not that I was sharing this with strangers (I know and love the members of my ward). It's not that I'm not proud of what I do creatively (my roommates will tell you how annoyingly I show off every stitch I make). I don't know how to explain why it felt so unnatural.

It got me thinking though, in preparing what I might say, about how and why I started to craft. It is a recent thing you know. Remember this post? I have been searching for my crafty niche for some time, and I feel like I have finally reached a place where the handmade gifts I make actually look like gifts.

But that's not my point. I can pinpoint the real reason that I've searched out my creative outlet. It was in this wonderful talk given in Relief Society Conference in October of 2008.  It was a great talk and it reminded me that being creative is part of our eternal potential. We, like our Father in Heaven, are meant to be creators. It is important to create in order to develop our talents and abilities. I loved that talk and its message has stayed with me all of these years. (Click on links if you wanna read it! or about it)

I made this.

I think no matter what you believe, creating is such a wonderful outlet for your emotions, for your thoughts, for your soul. It doesn't have to be crafty. In that talk it mentions creating laughter, friendships, beautiful homes. It could be writing in a journal, taking photos, cooking, baking, it could even be cleaning. Weird I know, but sometimes in those quiet moments when I am scrubbing the bathroom floor by myself I have so much time alone with my thoughts that it's really good for me. To focus on making my house nice and clean, to create order out of chaos gives me a real sense of purpose, even if it is just some dirty old bathroom.

So my lovely 22 followers, I say to you CREATE! Do something new, or relish in what you already do. Take your humanity into your own hands and create something for the world. Even if you're the only one who will know.