Gifts at Birth

A few years ago on a visit to the Florida Keys I talked to one interesting fellow who was a mate on a sailing schooner. He taught me how to raise the main and sweat the lines. He had his masters degree in another discipline, but was interested in writing. He seemed to have a hard case of writers block. He was harboring experiences from which to write, but couldn't seem to find the time to let them sail or complete to try to sale.

There is a creative energy in every experience we have. If your birth gift is to write then the mind transfers that energy to the heart where it is mixed with the divine spirit and sends it back to the mind as creative thoughts, sentences, paragraphs and stories.

It works in a similar ways with other birth gifts like art, music, sculpture and science except in those disciplines the energy goes into trained creative hands to manifest as paintings, songs, compositions and form.

I went to visit Earnest Hemingway's house and now museum in Key West. What a fascinating life he led and what great creativity came from his experiences. He once was challenged to write a story in six words. He did.

"For sale, baby shoes, never used."

We each have a birth gift. Finding it is sometimes a lifelong task.