#58: Complete a SARK activity.

Date Completed:  7/11/2010

Back in college, my roommate Juliet introduced me to my sense of creativity and imagination by exposing me to SARK. Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy (SARK) is an author who was actually born in Minneapolis. She has written a number of books including Inspirational Sandwich: Stories to Inspire Our Creative Freedom. Included among the doodles, stories, random musings and quotes are some fun and light-hearted activities. I wasn't sure which activity I wanted to complete, but as with several of the items on THE LIST, I’ve felt that my answer would just come to me. So, I recently sat down and flipped through the pages, and then it hit me. I knew exactly which activity was calling. Page 137 reads:

Make little signs that say yes and post them all over your house. Yes. It is a powerful word. Yes can affect us subliminally, even when we’re not concentrating on it. Yes can move us in fascinating directions and transform our thoughts.

To support my local 3M industry but also conserve natural resources, I opted to use only one wall in my house for this activity. Nevertheless, it’s one of my favorite walls in my office bearing a photo collage of some special memories from my trip to Colombia (fitting because this was the first time I really went all in to say YES to something).

Over the years, I’ve been the Queen of "No" and "I Can’t." Those days are over though. Whether it’s Nick Bez who motivates us in Warrior Sculpt Yoga by chanting “Yes you can!” or Lisa tossing out “The answer is yes!” whenever I have a moment of indecisiveness, YES is all around me is it's quite refreshing. YES makes me smile. Yes makes me laugh. Yes inspires me. Yes helps me inspire others.

Some readers have remarked that they especially enjoy the outward facing/inspiring components of this blog, so I leave you with thoughts to ponder and if you’re feeling creative, YES, a little homework.  From A Creative Companion: How to Free Your Creative Spirit by SARK, "Write down a creative idea or dream you have. List five wonderful things that could happen if you let your dream come true. Be as wild and hopeful as your dreams are."