Nurturing creativity

When I was a child I would enjoy my summers spent at grandmas house but I would often find myself "bored." When I wasn't challenging myself academically I felt lazy. I admit it was fun learning to bike among the peach orchards and swim with cousins, though I never shook the feeling of being unproductive.
This has no doubt framed who I am as an adult almost always going and doing. As a new mom I am learning what appropriate rest and play and balance of activities feel like.
What if we gave ourselves more unstructured down time to really tune into what it is our soul and spirit crave?
How bout you put down the books, turn off the computer and join me while I go out and play?!

Freedom

How is your personal expression of freedom celebrated? We could all use a dose of spectrum lenses to view the fireworks from time to time.