Where is the creative child gone?

 Where is the creative child gone?

When we were kids, we often used our innovative minds to solve problems. Here are some examples of our creativity:

When our white canvas shoes got dirty, we would rub them with white chalk to make them look clean.

If the ink in our pen dried up, we would take a few drops from our friends' pens to keep writing.

When a button fell off our shirt, we used a gem clip or a stationery pin to hold it together.

In the absence of a ball to play with, we gathered used paper and rolled it into a makeshift ball.

If we didn't have a cricket bat, we used our textbook as a substitute.

When a friend needed a pencil, we would break ours in half and share it with them.

We used cooked rice as glue to paste papers together.

When we didn't have water bottles, we filled our lunch boxes with water to drink after our meal.

We even turned a divider into a catapult by fixing a rubber band and wrapping paper around it to hit our target.

If ink is spilt on our shirt, we cover the stain with white chalk so that it won’t be visible on the white fabric.

Even though we were young, we were quite innovative. Crises often sparked our creativity, and we never let challenges overwhelm us. However, as we grew up, the child within us became dormant, and the pressures of adulthood caused us to slowly lose our ability to innovate. The good news is that the child is dormant inside; all we need to do is activate it by recollecting our childhood days to spark our brain.

M.L. Narendra Kumar