I am so fortunate to have my 3 year old grand-daughter living nearby. We share a close bond because we get to play together 2 days per week.

By play, I don't mean any type of game that you buy. No, we make up all of our games. We sit on a cardboard box together and she places her little arm around my waist, as we jog along on an imaginary bus ride. I point out all the countryside that is passing us by, and I exclaim - "Look at the cows!" And as she turns her head, she doesn't see the wall that's really there, she delights in seeing the cows that I'm pointing to, instead.

When was the last time that you had an opportunity to play directly from your imagination? Was it when you were a child?

We all lose touch with this creative side as we merge into adulthood. Responsibilities take over and we have to "grow up."

Well, I am here to tell you that you can recapture your creativity simply by taking up drawing as a hobby.

Your childhood creativity is lying dormant within you, just waiting for you to rekindle it.

Drawing will make you realize you have discovered something far more precious than any material possessions.

I hope you find that drawing and sketching will give you a new lease of life, that it lights a fire within you and you find out who you really are. Who did you leave behind when you had to grow up?

It is deep thinking, but this is what the action of drawing can deliver to you.