Your Creative Birthright: The Fire That Never Goes Out
You were born creative. Not might be creative, not could become creative if you tried hard enough, you are creative, have always been creative, will always be creative. This isn't motivational fluff or wishful thinking. It's a biological fact, evolutionary inheritance, the very essence of what makes you human.
Watch a child for five minutes and you'll see creativity in its purest form. They turn cardboard boxes into spaceships, imagine elaborate worlds populated by stuffed animals, create languages only they understand. They don't question whether they're "creative enough" or worry about whether their castle of blocks meets architectural standards. They simply create because creation is as natural as breathing.
The Great Forgetting
Somewhere along the way, many of us forgot this truth. We were told to colour inside the lines, that creativity was for "artistic people," that practical matters were more important than imaginative ones. Schools rewarded right answers over curious questions. Workplaces valued efficiency over experimentation. We learned to silence the voice that wanted to make things, to tinker and experiment, to play with possibilities.
But here's what they never told us: you can't lose your creativity. You can only forget how to access it.
Creativity: The Human Superpower
Creativity isn't a talent bestowed upon a chosen few, it's the fundamental force that built every human civilization, solved every human problem, and dreamed every human dream into existence. It's what allowed our ancestors to see fire and imagine cooking, to observe birds and envision flight, to experience loneliness and create community. Every invention, every story, every solution that has ever improved human life began as a creative spark in someone's mind.
Think about it: language itself is a creative act. Mathematics, agriculture, music, medicine, all born from human creativity. The device you're reading this on, the chair you're sitting in, the systems that organize our societies, all creative innovations.
You're Already Creating
Your creativity is as much your birthright as your heartbeat, as essential to your nature as your capacity for love or laughter. It doesn't matter if you've never picked up a paintbrush or written a song, because you create constantly.
You create conversations that shift someone's mood. You create solutions to daily problems, that workaround you invented, that meal you improvised, that compromise you negotiated. You create ways of being in the world that are uniquely yours. You create meaning from chaos, hope from difficulty, and connection from isolation.
The Only Question That Matters
The question isn't whether you're creative. The question is: what will you do with this magnificent inheritance?
Will you honour the creative fire that burns within you, or will you keep it hidden under layers of doubt and social conditioning? Will you trust that the same force that created the stars also created you and placed within you the power to create something the world has never seen?
Your creativity doesn't need permission. It doesn't need validation. It doesn't need to be perfect or profitable or praised by others. It simply needs to be expressed, honored, and trusted.
Rekindling Your Fire
Start small. Notice where you're already creating. Give yourself permission to experiment without judgment. Remember that every master was once a beginner who refused to quit. Your creative voice might feel rusty from disuse, but it's still there, waiting.
When you create from this place of knowing; knowing that creativity is your birthright, your inheritance, your gift to the world then everything changes.
The fire was always there. It's time to let it burn bright.
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