Kuumba - ( coo - oom - BAH )
Creativity!
(It is also my 25th wedding anniversary!)
Leave the world a more beautiful place than when you found it through your creativity!
This year?
I told lots of stories with lots of people -
I colored with my mother who lives with Alzheimer's -
I co-created ASST to help others fulfill their Kuumba -
What about you?
What did you do this year to make the world a more beautiful place than when you found it?
A quick story -
The Crow and the Pitcher - an Aesop's Fable
Once, a thirsty crow came upon a pitcher. There was water in the very bottom of it.
The crow stuck his beak in the water, but it was too far away.
He tried to push the pitcher over to no avail.
He beat at it with his wings, pulled the handle, and cawed at it as loud as he could.
He stopped and looked around him. He started picking up stones.
He dropped the stones into the pitcher. Little by little, the water level rose until the water was right at the top. The crow drank his fill, and then went on his way.
The thing I love most about this story is that crows have been observed doing this in the wild - using stones to raise the water level in a closed container. Creative thinking - it's not just for the birds!
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