Mistakes are the portals of discovery

Mistakes are the portals of discovery.

James Joyce

Love the quote!

Artists and creative types will relate to the quote for sure.

When I've worked on creating jewelry or sewing, often a mistake brought on the discovery of a new technique.  Upon working on the new technique, many times it was so much better than my original technique or idea.

Inventors and explorers live the quote.  

Imagine Christopher Columbus or Walt Disney with fear and no vision!  We would be living in a different world with no Walt Disney World or Disneyland.  A world without Mickey Mouse!

Fear of failure will stop those mistakes from happening and also stopping whatever portals of discovery would have come out of the mistake.

A vivid imagination should never be wasted!

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Restrictions of realism

When we allow ourselves to articulate our thoughts and feelings without limitations, we are more apt to stumble upon concepts that enable us to add new richness to our lives. 

Innovation can only happen when we introduce experimentation as a guiding theory in our lives. Because we do not limit our modes of expression, we can utilize our imaginative minds in our day-to-day existence, and thereby approach challenges playfully.

Unbound by convention or the restrictions of realism, we also can conceive of wild and fantastic solutions to the problems we face. These uncultivated notions become the rough foundations of the refined and workable ideas that we develop more fully in those circumstances that require us to be practical. Your free-spirited and innovative approach to both work and play will help you grow into your creativity today.

Source: The Daily Om

I'm going to try to make a long story as short as possible!

After going through a process of experimentation in fixing the water pump ourselves without success, we bit the bullet and arranged for professional help to pinpoint the problem and get an estimate of how much it would cost.

First of all, let me give you a great piece of advice . . . do not buy a house that runs on well water pump system with no chance of hooking up to the city water system!

Through many years, problems have come up with the water pump and they have been relatively inexpensive and a quick fix.  Not this time!

The only time not having water was a real inconvenience was the year one of the hurricanes came too close for comfort, however, the damage in this area was mainly electrical outage for at least a week.  No electricity to run the water pump, so . . . no running water.  It was after JR died and before The Captain came into my life.  I was totally alone and made it through with much innovation.  You don't understand the importance of something as not having water until it is gone!

The shock of what it was going to take to get the water running again took my breath away momentarily . . . I kind of freaked out a bit and retreated from society a couple of days.  Not only did the professional fix involve taking down fences, big trees, reconfiguring raised beds and I can't remember what else, just so their truck could get to the pump.  It was WAY too expensive and way too much work for not even having a guarantee that was going to fix the problem.

If that didn't work, we would need a totally new well drilled . . . 

The Captain asked the professional a lot of questions and set out to do some online research . . . perhaps he could do the work himself and save thousands of dollars?  His research showed so many others who encountered the same problem and they wrote about how they did their own fix.  Thank God for innovative people who do not want others to think they can't do it themselves.  

My sweetie says he will get it working again . . . and I have an abundance of faith and trust in him. 

Needless to say, it has been days of major decision making of how to fix the problem and also of great importance was how to live without running water for who knows how long.  

I could take the dog and escape to my mom's house for a mini-vacation while The Captain slaves away at fixing the well and living without running water . . . but I can't leave him to face the problem alone.  So, we are on a new adventure of creative survival.

Let me tell you . . . realism does not necessarily mean impossible and enough obstacles to not make it happen.  It has to work . . . and that is taking a great deal of innovation and creativity as we enter Day # I don't remember.

We have tackled each problem as it comes up one at a time.  So far, so good! Another one of those experiences that make great stories we can laugh at after all is fixed and working again.

Keep us in your prayers!

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Imagination

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. 

Knowledge is limited."

Albert Einstein

Thoughts are the playground of the imagination, taking us through endless possibilities, exploring the known and the unknown drawing from the heart and soul, waking up our deepest desires.

The mindset of a child is fascinated with the world around them, open to discovering and experiencing new things. As we grow older, life educates us and in turn dulls our natural curiosity and some of us forget how to dream.

Part of the beauty of life is to exercise our imagination, believe in our dreams and go through our life journey with mindset of a child with a sense of wonder.

Imagination allows us to ask the question “why not?” . . .

Ok, I'm in a psychological mood today :)  

It is that unsettled feeling, kind of an anxious restlessness.  My hard drive crashed.  This has been a month of computer problems and related expenses that were not expected.  It totally weirds me out and puts me in a funky state of mind.  I'm lost without all my settings and everything where it should be.  Poor Captain, he gave up his computer for me . . . he's awesome.

In the midst of all things unsettled, I'm feeling grateful for many things.  I have a computer to use and since my external drive crashed a few weeks ago, I have a new one that was backed up.  Only a few files lost . . . although they were important . . . with a little time I can recreate them.

Imagination is a wonderful thing . . . it can take you to a place away from everything that is wrong . . . where life is wonderful if you look at it in the right frame of mind.  

I'm grateful to my sweetie who makes me realize this and is teaching me not to freak out over insignificant events of life.  They are minor irritations that make us grateful for the time when everything is as it should be.

It was not my imagination . . . an unidentified plant put out the most beautiful cluster of yellow flowers I've ever seen today.  Spring has arrived and that makes me so happy.  I'll be posting photos at my gardening blog.

Happy Wednesday!  
I am happy no matter what irritation has found me.

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