Creative Sparks

 

During your lifetime you will have many sparks that will ignite your intelligence, goals, and dreams. Sparks make it move. That's the decent thing to do, and it should end there. When others are “jealous” of your work or your intelligence, it should be considered a compliment.

Most people rely on someone or something outside of them to light their fire.

Your lusts, your own gifts are planted in you by God. It is up to you to decide.

What are the 3 features of fire?

1) Fuel - If nothing burns, nothing will burn. Your "fuel" is made up of what you focus on. What do you read, watch, and listen to? Does it empower you or enslave you? Be aware of what you are doing to your body and mind.

2) Oxygen - This is an important component that keeps the fire burning. Your oxygen is the people around you. Be aware of who they are and whether they build you up or not or tear you down. Cut accordingly.

3) Ignition - A good car will always be parked unless there is a spark that turns the engine. Your sting is often motivated by surprise and a willingness to try something new or to take some area of ​​your life to another level. Are you looking for something wrong? What are you determined to do for your life, your health, your economy, etc.?

I had my “first spark” when I was eight years old. I was in a summer study camp. During a 15-minute break between classes, I decided that there was just enough time to climb a beautiful 9-foot [9 m] tree near the girls' dorm. I climbed by hand over my hand and pushed every inch of my tennis shoes until I reached the top of the tree and lowered my right leg to a rusty nail attached to the board.

As I descended my right leg my blood came out and blood flowed like the juice of a tree. Nick the counselor saw what was happening and ran to the tree and said, “Do you want to lose your leg?

"I shook my head No!"

Lifting me up in his arms, he called another counselor to call my parents to meet us at the hospital!

In my mind's eye, I see my Mother getting into our car, driving 3 1/2 hours to a hospital in Charlottesville, Virginia. As he drives he speaks to himself, "I have to get him out of the trees before he kills himself!"

By the time Mom got to the hospital, she had a plan!

When he arrived, he found me sitting there with more than 25 stitches sewn on my right leg. My mother leaned over me and kissed me cruelly. He looked me in the eye with his beautiful blue eyes and said, "Madeline, if I buy you a violin and get you lessons will you promise you will not climb another tree?"

I looked at my mother with blue eyes and promised that I would never climb another tree if she carried a violin and taught me lessons. "

For many years I wanted to play the violin and this was my chance. It all started with the first spark, it landed on a rusty nail. That rusty nail saved my life and became the first spark of my journey.

What was your first spark, catalyst, for your journey?

My second spark!

At the end of the summer camp, Mom came to pick me up with my small violin and bent down to sit in the back window of her dress. The next day, Mother took me to my violin teacher, a handsome young man with a smile, Mr. William Whitson, a violinist, and a military officer.

He taught me how to hold a violin and bow, how to put my fingers on a string, and how to make a sound on the metal by pulling a bow on a string. He did this by modeling how he would play me and then telling me to try.

He also taught me how to read notes on a music page accompanied by reading a book and also taught me in my first violin lesson to play Beethoven's 9th Symphony theme, Ode to Joy.

Third spark:

After my first violin study with Mr. Whitson, I asked my mother to take me to the public library to borrow a book about Beethoven so that I could learn all about him. That day was the beginning of my happiness in reading.

Mr. Whitson's motivation was a spark, a 2nd catalyst, a fuel that kept me going during my frustrations.

Many years later, when I was 17, I was privileged to play in the world-famous Carnegie Hall. That trip would not have been possible without the investment my mentor made in me.

What are some examples in your life that changed the course of your life?

What first awakened Charles Dickens' ingenuity?

Dickens said, "One person aroused my imagination and gave me the tools to be a writer." By the time he was 3, Charles was so full of energy that he did not even want to sleep. Her mother had a maid named Mary Weller who worked 3 meals a day and a warm place to sleep in front of the stove. He did not clean the house. His job was to find "a way to keep Dickens asleep at night. He told the best story of heartbreaking stories." He knew 125 stories but Dickens' favorite story was "Captain Murderer" and he always asked for the story. (Engels, E. (1997). Dickens for Kids. North Carolina: Authors Ink.)

What was his second spark?

When he was 11 years old, the creditors dragged Charles' father to Debtors Prison in front of Charles. "I will never suffer again," he said. His mother and brothers were sent to Marshalsea Prison and during this time Charles was sent to work at Warren's Blacking Factory ten hours a day. He had to wear five pairs of socks, while working in a factory, to protect himself from rats biting socks in the industry. His traumatic experiences, feelings of isolation, and betrayal are the themes of his books "David Copperfield" and "Great Expectations". (Claire Tomalin, "Charles Dickens".)

These two sparks were the driving force behind Charles Dickens' future of writing books to bring about a social change from poverty, child labor, and the workplace. Dickens changed the world with his writing.

What made Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson?

"In 1995 I had $ 7 in my pocket and I knew two things: I was broken ... and one day I will not be." He decided to pursue his goal of success. First in the world of wrestling, later in movies.

Do you remember the first spark that set you on your journey?

On your journey, there will be many sparks to make you go!

How can you help spark sparks, fire among them, so that they can take action and take that first step?

How can you be a spark, a catalyst for change in someone else?

Mahatma Gandhi said, "Be the change you want to see in the world."

Who will you help change?

Sparks are the catalyst for change!

1) Write down your first, second, and third "sparks" that have changed your lifestyle.

2) Like Charles Dickens was there anyone or place that awakened your intelligence to take action on your future?

3) How can you open a spark in someone's life to get them to act?