Whenever I hit a low point in my evolutionary scale, I turn to my art work. Creating some thing out of no thing is a physical and spiritual mantra for me. It soothes my anxious heart.

There have been many and varied low points in my life. The most severe was when love was lost, immediately followed by a lost business and finances. It was particularly wrenching. Depression…at the time, I had a little mouth to feed in addition to my own. I had at hand a pencil and paper. To draw or write.

Pencil, paper, little watercolor sets served as free therapy. I was not really conscious of the process at the time. Just soothing a busy mind and wounded spirit…a built-in gauge that kicks in when happy gets too low.

Nowadays I’m fully aware of what was happening – I was mirroring creation as our God creates…a birthright…a getting back to the spiritual roots. I was being rescued by my Self….the child of God within…the one who watches silently from within my walls of flesh.

I dare say we all have this capability to create. The crux of the matter, though, is, do we fully appreciate the magnitude of this gift…the ability to create. Do we understand that it is harnessed lightning…from the mind of God to our hands. Do you respect, cherish and use yours?

What is your creative means for preserving the happy and thwarting depression?