BE CHILDLIKE...

Unfortunately, most of us learned to "act our age" as we grew up.

This meant abandoning some of the most natural & powerful high-energy stimulants available to us.

Learn to let the inner child live & play.

Here's an interesting list of "childhood characteristics" - from creativity consultant Ann McGee-Cooper, also author of 'You Don't Have to Go Home from Work Exhausted!' - that encourage personal creativity, & that frequently get lost in adults:

1. Seek out things that are fun to do;

2. Jump from one interest to another ~ it's OK!;

3. Be curious & eager to try out new things;

4. Try to smile & laugh a lot more;

5. Experience & express your emotions freely;

6. Be creative & innovative in every possible way;

7. Stay physically active;

8. Constantly growing ~ mentally & physically;

9. Risk often - not afraid to keep trying something that you aren't initially good at & aren't afraid to fail;

10. Rest when your body tells them to;

11. Learn enthusiastically;

12. Dream & imagine;

13. Believe in the impossible ~ Impossible is Nothing!;

14. Generally don't worry too much about things around you;

15. Get passionate in all your pursuits;

Food for thought:

"If you want to be more creative, stay in part a child, with the creativity & invention that characterises children before they are deformed by adult society."

~ Jean Piaget (1896–1980), Swiss developmental psychologist well known for his epistemological studies with children;