A couple of weeks ago we talked a little about the word inspire. The room was quiet as we all thought of how we would answer the question, "What does the world 'inspire' mean?" One lady gave a profound answer that has had me pondering it ever since. She basically said:
This explains a lot of me. When I go to health seminars and learn really good information I want to share it with who ever I can. And I hope that it will inspire them as it has me, but that doesn't always happen.
It's easier to inspire other when you have a passion for something, but unless the other party is open and willing to be inspired- they will not be.
Another interesting point came out in our discussions:
"In order to be inspired you have to have an internal willingness."
This explains a lot of me. When I go to health seminars and learn really good information I want to share it with who ever I can. And I hope that it will inspire them as it has me, but that doesn't always happen.
It's easier to inspire other when you have a passion for something, but unless the other party is open and willing to be inspired- they will not be.
Another interesting point came out in our discussions:
"Inspire don't require."
This was advice given to a homeschool mother that helped shape the way she taught her daughters.
Each of the daughters played a musical instrument and when they seemed to be losing interest in playing the instrument she would find a concert or something to take the girls to - to inspire them and it worked!
Who has inspired you?
What has inspired you?
I have been contemplating these questions myself and here are a few things that I discovered:
- Going to my quilt guilt meetings inspire me
- Going to nutritional classes or health seminars inspire me
- Beauty inspires me
- Reading some blog posts inspire me
- Reading my Bible or good uplifting books inspire me
God gives us beauty to inspire us to worship Him. Just listen to the birds - they love to sing praises to God!
These are just a few of my thoughts and ideas about the word inspire.
I wonder what will be the next thing to inspire me? It will be interesting to find out?
I would love to hear from you - What inspires you? :O)
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Just a note to let you know that it will probably be sometime next week before I am able to blog again. We will have our granddaughter this week end and I want to focus my time on her. Next week I have several important appointments. Pray that they go good and everything is good. Thank you :O)
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