Tide pools are where life survives in what the sea left behind. Small leftovers can hold a lot.

CREATIVITY

WHAT THIS MEANS

What gets left behind can hold a whole world. A tide pool is a leftover puddle and it is also full of living things, which is worth remembering when you feel like you are working with scraps. Twenty minutes, a spare afternoon, a small amount of money, one friend. None of that is the full ocean, and plenty can live in it.

Stop waiting for a clear week. Take the leftover piece of time you actually have this week and put something real in it, even if the something is small.

A QUESTION TO SIT WITH

What small leftover in your life turned out to hold plenty?

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