LIE: I cannot create anything unless I have an ideal plan

LIE: I cannot create anything unless I have an ideal plan

Lie: I cannot create anything unless I have an ideal solution.
Truth: Ideal solutions do not exist. We participate in God’s act of new creation by planting the seeds of words, deeds and of our own lives.

Well over ninety percent of our waking (and sleeping) lives are now lived in interior, engineered environments. The walls, ceilings, floors, windows, car interiors, appliances, furnishings and systems that surround us represent years, decades, centuries even, of designed perfection. But it was not always so.
Being constantly surrounded by this designed perfection obviously has its benefits, but it also has its down-sides. One of those down sides is the feeding of this lie: I cannot create anything unless I have the ideal solution. So let me . . .

Down the staircase

Down the staircase

As long as I can remember I’ve been a dreamer and a seeker. I’ve been trying to connect the dots, trying to put the puzzle together. It’s just the way I’m wired. I’m now sixty-one years old and I can say that, for the first time, a vague picture is starting to form. With this article I’m going to try to describe that picture . . .