Needs make us think that we lack something that can only be fulfilled through a certain situation. They give us tunnel vision, so we limit the amount of response, fulfillment, or resolution that we can have in any situation.

Creativity is a way of looking at the world or any situation from an expansive viewpoint. It reaches out because it comes from our love for others.

Today, some creative project or new thing is calling you, something that would unlock you and release you from your need. What is this creative act or project? What is this form of creativity that would release you, that would give to you and to the whole planet? Creativity is your gift of love to the world. Who are you giving this gift to today?

Excerpt from It It Hurts, It Isn't Love and 365 Other Principles to Heal and Transform Your Relationships by Chuck Spezzano, Ph.D.