Inspiration: part 1

What is it?

What is it to “be inspired”?

We all want it, but how can we go about getting it?

Sometimes it seems like inspiration just comes to people by chance, as though it picks us out at random to be inspired, with some of us missing out. When it feels like we've missed out we can feel stuck and useless. It can be depressing and cause anxiety and self-doubt. We wonder how others manage to find their niche; their CALLING in life and seem truly energised and inspired in what they do. We too want that for ourselves, right?

In truth, inspiration can be found by ANY one of us. It doesn't pick us, we pick IT. Anyone can be inspired and we can all learn how to find more inspiration in our lives. It can bring us greater CREATIVITY, ideas and clarity. It can improve our HAPPINESS, our health, our careers and our fulfillment in life. It really can.

Becoming inspired is a deeply SPIRITUAL practice.

The word “inspire” means for “spirit” or “breath,” as in the breath of life, to be “in” us. We have spirit within when we are inspired. We have connected with or recognised spirit and brought that into our being. It is through becoming aware of the spirit in ourselves and in all things around us that we become inspired.

One way that we can gain more inspiration is to simply spend more time in NATURE. Have you ever wondered why you seem to come up with amazing ideas when you spend some time in nature? Maybe going for a walk helps you to think, or that sit in the park at lunchtime gives you that breakthrough idea? It is so easy when we are in a natural place of beauty like a FOREST, the beach, or on a mountain, or any other natural place. Even a park can help us feel it.

In these natural places we easily see the breath of life – the spirit in all things. Becoming aware of life itself and its incredible MYSTERY, we become inspired, and that can clarify our thoughts, give us new and exciting ideas or give us insight and knowledge. It is a wonderful experience.

Over the next few weeks I am going to be posting about how to increase your own inspiration through connecting with the spirit in yourself and in the natural world. Together we can learn to grow and find our real calling in life: our INSPIRATION.

Exercise:

How are you inspired in your life?

What is your creative outlet?

How do you enact your inspired creativity?

If you would like to know more about how to find greater inspiration in your life, begin by thinking about these questions and sharing your thoughts in a comment below.