Inspired

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Every once in a while we meet people in our lives who inspire us. People who, through their words or actions stir something in us that ‘inspirits’ ~ something that encourages us to connect to our core, our spirit. It brings those things to our attention we have wanted to do for a long time; perhaps even the things we have wanted to accomplish since we were very young ~ the things we have pushed aside because we never thought we could do it.

The reasons why we felt we couldn’t do those things can vary. To some the reason may be a lack of confidence or a sense of not knowing how to go about it. To others it may be because there doesn’t seem to be any way to actually create an income doing those things...
I am certain that there are many more reasons why we don’t follow our core desires, but for one reason or another we end up spending a lot of our lives doing the things that are practical yet uninspiring.

And then there are those for whom the path through life seems to only be guided by their soul’s desires ~ the ones who continuously express the inspiration they receive at that moment; be it through writing, teaching, painting or any other creative endeavor.
Those people who are so clearly ‘inspirited’ that their inspiration becomes a source of stimulation and encouragement for others. An example of how it can work out. How it can be done.
And their stories more often than not are stories of how things come together in a perfect timing. How they were at the right place at the right time ~ and weren’t afraid to to open the door for new things, new opportunities whenever they are presenting themselves...

It brings up another little snag in our wish to live an inspired life.
We commonly feel uncomfortable when things ‘just come together’ without a large amount of effort expended on our part. Without it costing us a lot of time and/or money. Because isn’t it true that money makes the world go around? And could it really be happening that good things happen without having to pay for it? And if good things start happening to us ‘out of the blue’, do we feel we are worth it? Or do we feel guilty about it?
Guilty that we are receiving something we didn’t pay for? Guilty because there is an opportunity coming our way that we didn’t ‘work for’ to make it happen?

It is an interesting conundrum...
When we begin to live a (more) inspired life, chances are that we find ourselves at the right place at the right time more often. We may even find that opportunities start coming our way that we never even dared dream about... Yet the moment we start feeling uncomfortable or guilty about receiving those ‘benefits’ ~ we tend to step out of the flow of inspiration...
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