Last month, I had the great pleasure and
opportunity to read my book, “Liam’s Window,” to a group of children at the Rhinelander Nursery School in New York City. Three groups of children ages two to four anxiously waited
to hear from me and listen to the story I wrote for Liam – my little four year
old (at the time) who did not want to go to sleep. It was a wonderful
experience for all of us! I felt proud of my work, and appreciated that they
were willing to listen to it.
I never wrote the book to make a profit or to
drive incremental revenue. I wrote it as a legacy to my little boy and to
capture a fleeting moment in his childhood.
I had never intended to write a children’s book; it
was never on my bucket list; it was never a goal. But, I have been a writer since
an early age and always loved to find stories in the everyday mundane. Sometimes
when I go to bed at night or I find quiet times during the day, I write
stories, letters, or executive speeches in my brain. I try and replicate it when I wake
up the next morning or feel inspired and it never comes out the same.
This was one time, however, I capitalized on
that creative moment in time. I put Liam to bed, raced to my computer and
captured what he had shared with me in that sweet exchange. If I had not taken
that moment to embrace the creative spirit, I don’t know that I ever would
have recreated what Liam had shared with me.
It was a lesson to stop, to listen and to
embrace what has filled the space in that moment. You never know what it might
inspire you. I have written several other things since that time, embracing the
“writing” moments whenever they might come. But, finding and creating the space
is always a challenge. In the harried world we live in, I would love to know
how others find the time to embrace their creative spirits.
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