編後語 Be Creative; 要有創意

趙世熙

編後語 Be Creative; 要有創意

趙世熙

前些日子，一位教內的朋友傳來一篇短文「Be Creative 」，非常受用，想和大家分享一下，謝謝曉雲採用 Google 將其轉譯成中文。

Be Creative
“So God created human beings in his own image…male and female he created them.” Ge 1:27 Why do we celebrate the birth of our children? Because like God, we helped to create something. The famous American football coach Vince Lombardi said, “The joy is in creating, not maintaining.” It’s a mistake to believe that God is only interested in “spiritual things” and not “secular” things. Yes, you must grow spiritually. But you must also use the gifts He’s given you to fulfill His purpose here on the earth, and to bless others. You don’t have to be rich or have a high IQ in order to be creative. You could be a creative hairstylist, or come up with a new recipe, or create a job opportunity for prisoners by which they rebuild their lives. That’s not just secular, that’s spiritual! You’ll notice that the cross has two posts: vertical and horizontal. The vertical post represents your relationship with God, what He wants to do for you and what He wants you to do for Him. The horizontal post represents what He’s called us to do for each other. You say, “But I’m not very creative.” Once you discover your God-given gift, it will release your creativity. Paul writes, “Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, let us use them” (Ro 12:6 ). Stop putting yourself down just because you are not as creative as you’d like to be. Creative thinking isn’t necessarily original thinking. In fact, people mythologize original thought. Most often, creative thinking is a composite of other people’s thoughts discovered along the way. So the word for you today is: Be creative.

要有創意
「所以天主以他自己的形象創造了人類......他創造了男性和女性。」（創一27）為什麼我們要慶祝孩子的出生？因為像天主一樣，我們幫助創造了一些東西。著名的美國橄欖球教練文斯隆巴迪說：「快樂在於創造，而不在於維修」。認為天主只對「精神事物」而不是「世俗」事物感興趣是錯誤的。是的，你必須在靈性上成長。但你也必須使用祂所賜給你的禮物來實現祂在地上的目的，並祝福別人。為了發揮創造力，你不必一定富裕或擁有高智商，你仍然可以成為一個有創意的髮型師，或者想出一個新的食譜，或為他們重建生活的囚犯創造就業機會。這不僅僅是世俗的，也是精神上的！你會注意到十字架有兩個支柱：垂直和水平。垂直支柱代表你與神的關係，祂想為你做什麼，以及祂希望你為祂做什麼。水平支柱代表了祂叫我們為彼此做的事情。你說，「但我不是很有創意」。一旦你發現了天主賜予的禮物，它就會釋放你的創造力。保祿寫道：「然後根據給予我們的恩典，不同的禮物，讓我們使用它們」（羅十二6 ）。不要因為你不像你想要的那樣有創意而停止自己。創造性思維不一定是原創思維。事實上，人們將原始思想神話化了。大多數情況下，創造性思維是沿途發現的其他人思想的綜合體。所以今天和你分享的意思是：要有創意。