A quote from "The Flight of the Creative Class", by Richard Florida states that "we must recognize the fact that every single human being is creative.
We can no longer prosper and succeed by taking advantage of the creative energies of 30 or even 40 percent of our workforce, leaving the vast reservoir of the other 70 percent untapped...
This effort will require the energies of all - business, government, universities, the civic sector, and especially the average American citizen, who is ultimately the key source from which the collective energy of our entire nation must be drawn.
" We are at a crossroads in this country where it is imperative that we allow ourselves to build on our creative capital.
There is a recognition of a gap, something missing for our children.
We know this because we recognize that there is something missing for us.
Many of us don't recognize that there is a whole side of us that is not being appreciated or developed.
We are willing to develop our mental and physical sides but we tend to forget that we also have an emotional side of ourselves that is both passionate and disappointed.
These feelings needs to be appreciated, understood and accepted.
Instead, we treat this part of ourselves like our red-headed step child.
We want to pretend that we don't feel these feelings.
There is a fear of the exploration of these feelings and where they can lead us in our lives.
When we have them, we are not comfortable talking about them.
For many of us to talk about what we want makes us feel vulnerable.
We can triple those uncomfortable feelings when we talk about what we want from others.
We have no forum available to talk about our vision and the feelings that go with that without being judged.
But, in actuality, feelings are the grist of the mill to help us to build on the creative side of ourselves and our society.
We long to pursue our dreams.
We long to go after the passion in our life.
Yet we are taught from a very early age that there is no place in this life for dreamers.
So we squelch this part of ourselves and when our children come along with dreams of pursuing their happiness, we squelch theirs - again believing that we don't want to play a part in encouraging false hope.
It must be false hope because that was the message we got when we were their age.
When we think from the heart, we get in touch with the part of us that understands how the pain of failure and the joy of success builds us as people.
When our feeling side is allowed, we access both the right and the left side of the brain.
We allow ourselves and others to get in touch with the possibilities through a willingness to be compassionate both with ourselves and those we love and to support ideas that come from opening our heart.
We can no longer prosper and succeed by taking advantage of the creative energies of 30 or even 40 percent of our workforce, leaving the vast reservoir of the other 70 percent untapped...
This effort will require the energies of all - business, government, universities, the civic sector, and especially the average American citizen, who is ultimately the key source from which the collective energy of our entire nation must be drawn.
" We are at a crossroads in this country where it is imperative that we allow ourselves to build on our creative capital.
There is a recognition of a gap, something missing for our children.
We know this because we recognize that there is something missing for us.
Many of us don't recognize that there is a whole side of us that is not being appreciated or developed.
We are willing to develop our mental and physical sides but we tend to forget that we also have an emotional side of ourselves that is both passionate and disappointed.
These feelings needs to be appreciated, understood and accepted.
Instead, we treat this part of ourselves like our red-headed step child.
We want to pretend that we don't feel these feelings.
There is a fear of the exploration of these feelings and where they can lead us in our lives.
When we have them, we are not comfortable talking about them.
For many of us to talk about what we want makes us feel vulnerable.
We can triple those uncomfortable feelings when we talk about what we want from others.
We have no forum available to talk about our vision and the feelings that go with that without being judged.
But, in actuality, feelings are the grist of the mill to help us to build on the creative side of ourselves and our society.
We long to pursue our dreams.
We long to go after the passion in our life.
Yet we are taught from a very early age that there is no place in this life for dreamers.
So we squelch this part of ourselves and when our children come along with dreams of pursuing their happiness, we squelch theirs - again believing that we don't want to play a part in encouraging false hope.
It must be false hope because that was the message we got when we were their age.
When we think from the heart, we get in touch with the part of us that understands how the pain of failure and the joy of success builds us as people.
When our feeling side is allowed, we access both the right and the left side of the brain.
We allow ourselves and others to get in touch with the possibilities through a willingness to be compassionate both with ourselves and those we love and to support ideas that come from opening our heart.
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