creating

this quote from this talk has been on my mind a lot lately as i have been at home more and as i approach something totally new for me (like making a quilt)!!!

"The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul. No matter our talents, education, backgrounds, or abilities, we each have an inherent wish to create something that did not exist before.

Everyone can create . You don’t need money, position, or influence

in order to create something of substance or beauty.

Creation brings deep satisfaction and fulfillment. We develop ourselves and others when we take unorganized matter into our hands and mold it into something of beauty..."

"...Isn’t it remarkable to think that your very spirits are fashioned by an endlessly creative and eternally compassionate God? Think about it—your spirit body is a masterpiece, created with a beauty, function, and capacity beyond imagination.

But to what end were we created?

We were created with the express purpose and potential of experiencing a fullness of joy.

Our birthright—and the purpose of our great voyage on this earth—

is to seek and experience eternal happiness.

One of the ways we find this is by creating things."

---Dieter F. Uchtdorf