Yesterday was a very emotional day—very taxing on my emotional system. However, through my Spiritual Mind Treatments and my engagement in creative activities, I was able to move through the day with peace and resilience.

We have everything we require in every moment to move through our challenges. I find that creativity is my chief go-to method. I truly believe it is the creative spirit that will carry us through these unprecedented times. Art, music, theater, and the written word can serve as a kind of salvation—both stabilizing us and expanding us into higher thinking.

The arts also keep us awake and aware. True art does not spiritually bypass emotional upheaval. Instead, it becomes a channel through which we can process these disturbances.

During the early 20th century, the musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein, although appearing light on the surface, confronted many of the societal issues of their time—racial prejudice, domestic violence, women’s rights, and more. Art has a way of taking an issue, placing it before us, and helping us move toward understanding and resolution.

I could give many examples, but for the purpose of “We’ve Got This!”, what I want to emphasize is this: each of us has the ability to be creative—to live creative lives and bring deeper understanding to our human challenges.

And even observing creativity—whether a painting, a piece of music, or a live performance—can naturally draw us into heart–brain coherence by gently quieting the analytical mind and awakening feeling. As we experience beauty, awe, or emotional resonance, the heart begins to generate more harmonious rhythms, and the brain aligns with that signal, creating a state of clarity, connection, and presence. In these moments, we are not just witnessing art—we are participating in a coherent field of awareness where the heart and mind move as one.

So let us remember: we already have everything we need to move through these times through our creative intelligence. In New Thought, we understand that Source Energy is Creative Intelligence. We are born to create. Every day, we are creating the experiences we call our lives—individually and collectively.

I truly believe it is the artists, inventors, scientists, and all those devoted to creation who will help lead us through these unprecedented times.

We are born to rise. When it feels like all is lost or that we are doomed, remember: Life is! As was once expressed by the poet Robert Browning, speaking of our spiritual essence: “…that little spark of light which a man may desecrate, but never quite lose.”

That is our creative genius being called forth right now. Do you feel it? I invite you to take one small step today to awaken your creative intelligence.

With Love and Aloha,
Rev. Dr. Rita Andriello-Feren