Everyday Creation
This show has to do with different kinds of creation: human, divine, and a third kind that connects the two. Our human creativity is easy to talk about because clearly we're prolific creators. We make music, we write, we cook; we establish businesses, we design gardens, we invent things. The list goes on and on. Another kind of creation is divine. We feel its presence when, for example, we contemplate birth, death, our life purpose, or have a quiet realization that there's something bigger than us. The third kind is perhaps a little more difficult to grasp and yet, with a little practice, it's easy to put into action. This is the personal power each of us has to direct our thoughts, words and actions every day toward what we want in our life and world, rather than what we don't want.
This sounds heavier than it is. For me, this show is an acknowledgment that while we're all here to learn and grow and do our best, there's still plenty of opportunity to relax, laugh, love, and enjoy this playground we call life. So my hope is that you'll get some enjoyment and illumination out of these episodes. Here you'll find interviews with delightfully creative individuals; short stories about some who have passed away; and essays about personal power.
I'm Kate Jones, host and creator of Everyday Creation. Thank you for following my show.
Everyday Creation
Read 'THE LIGHT' and Let Your Own Light Shine
"THE LIGHT" is an 18-page illustrated board book designed to empower youngsters with themes of self-connection, self-trust and self-love. Author Scarlett Lam and illustrator Mindy Lee have found that adults also are moved by the book's uplifting message.
This short excerpt is from an interview that Scarlett and I recorded in early 2024 not long after the book was published. I highly recommend "THE LIGHT" and have revisited the interview more than once. So far, I've purchased four copies of the book and have given three of them away. The recipients love it too because it reminds people of their inner light and worth.
To buy your own copy, go to readthelight.com. Scarlett is offering 10% off with the code EVERYDAYCREATION10, good through 2025.
This is Kate Jones. Thank you for listening to Everyday Creation®, available on YouTube and in major podcast directories including Apple, Spotify, iHeart and Audible.
Kate:
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Hello, and welcome to Everyday Creation. I'm Kate
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Jones revisiting an interview I did with Scarlett
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Lam,
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author of "THE LIGHT,"
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a delightfully illustrated children's board book with an
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empowering message
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for both kids and adults.
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The book came out in November
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2023.
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On the readthelight website,
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Scarlett and the book's illustrator,
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Mindy Lee,
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describe themselves as
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"dedicated to finding out how the world would
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change
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if the first books we read to our
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children
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are about self-connection,
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self-trust,
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and self-love."
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To that end, they created "THE LIGHT" as
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the first in a planned series
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that tells stories to "help guide every kid
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and every kid at heart to trust in
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their inner voice,
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accept and appreciate their uniqueness,
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and feel secure in accepting others."
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Great messages!
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I highly recommend the book for a child
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or even an adult who might appreciate it.
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I bought four copies and have given away three
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as gifts.
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Here's a bit of my earlier interview with
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Scarlett.
Scarlett:
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So by the time I came up with
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the idea, it really came to me and
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this is no joke, it came to me
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in my meditation.
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To give a little background of the book,
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it is an 18-page picture board book,
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And each page, as you read the book,
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the story is really about
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there's a light
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and it never leaves you.
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It guides you throughout
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choosing,
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go this way, go the other way.
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Find your emotions, helps you find your tears
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and find your smile.
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And as you flip each page, there's a
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die-cut hole that keeps getting bigger and
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bigger. And when you get to the very
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end,
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there's a little flap that says, where's this
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light?
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And when you lift it, it's a mirror
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because you are the light.
Kate:
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It's so sweet. I just love it.
Scarlett:
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And it's been a real joy to watch
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people read it because
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for little kids, they're so excited for the
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peekaboo
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part of it. You know, it's a very
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interactive book for them. They love the little
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holes and there's some sparkles in there. And
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so for kids, it's really engaging in
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that way.
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And for the adults,
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I have seen like grown
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men and women just burst into tears at
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the end.
Kate:
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Wow.
Scarlett:
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Yeah. Or be just really moved by, oh,
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right. I, I can come back to myself.
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So in a way it actually speaks to
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both the parent
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and the child because
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we are all the light and we all
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deserve to remember that message.
