Inspiration for Mind and Heart
Posted by admin in Inspiration.Inspiration means different things to different people, on the surface level what helps me might not be useful to you - I understand that. I also understand that beneath that surface are reasons that make up a bigger picture. Whether your inspiration comes from catch phrases, religion, stories, poems or words, there are needs inside that make us seek this inspiration in the first place.
We’re looking for something. Maybe an answer, some hope, a push to accomplish things, strength to deal with unpleasant situations, a better or more meaningful way to live, paths to happiness and peace, motivation to greatness or just some trusted, sound advice - I know I can provide that for you. The process will take time and effort - but finding and using your own unique answers, paths and ways in life is worth it, isn’t it?
Let me ask you something. If at a very young age you became interested in cars and started paying more attention to them, would you eventually learn more about them? If you then started reading about specific cars you like, would it increase your understanding of cars in general? If over time you became so interested in cars you studied the various makes and models, the materials and processes used in making cars and fully examined your own car in every detail all day long - roughly how long would it take for you to consider yourself good with cars? If you were fixing your own car, do you think friends and family members would ask you to fix theirs?
Wouldn’t it be possible people would start calling you from work and asking something like, “hey, I’m here with my boss and her car is making this noise when it’s on the highway - what do you think it is”? Maybe you’d work on cars on the side for spare money. Maybe you’d work at a garage or start your own business working on cars. At what point could you consider yourself a professional, expert or reliable source of information about cars?
From a very young age I was interested in how things worked and how they were made. I remember watching Mister Rogers and seeing clips from factories where things were made and ran on conveyor belts for different phases of assembly. I used to get in trouble all the time for taking things apart to try and see how they worked, and not being able to put them together again. I also wondered how some people could be nice and kind to me and why others would be mean, spiteful and petty. I wondered why I would think, act and do things the way I did and wondered if there were other ways.
I would watch people everywhere I went and saw their reactions to various situations and noticed such major differences, I felt like I needed to know why. I was never afraid to ask questions because I really wanted to understand, but the answers I got from people in real life directly weren’t useful because they never matched the way the people lived. My own parents would hand me information like don’t smoke because it’s bad for you while coughing with cigarettes dangling from their mouths. So much conflicting information from so many sources over so much time, I wanted answers and I wouldn’t stop looking until I found them.
I read from bibles and other religious books, psychology, science, writings and speeches of religious and political figures, sports champions and coaches, leaders from various times and places, motivational speakers and just about anything from people considered great, brilliant or outstanding in their field by others. I listened to books on tape, started buying audio programs on CD and studied them for years on end. I found my answers and I learned so much - but it wasn’t until after I started practicing what I learned that I realized the power of what I absorbed over the years. Not just in this studying either - I’m talking about real life, street level experience as well.
My gift is simplicity. I am a simple person and have a way of taking something massive and complicated and making it small and simple. I don’t lie or twist the truth - but I really get into the guts of things and can take sophisticated concepts and put them into simple, everyday terms that all people can understand and use.