Inspiration. The great motivating force. It motivates us to act, to feel, to respond, to become. I’m trying to make sense of it. I am often inspired by music. Yet, why is there so little music that truly inspires me? Sure, there’s good music out there. But inspired?
I was truly inspired by JK’s music. Mindy Smith. The Swell Season. There are individual songs that evoke inspiration. Then film. of course, Once, Shawshank, etc. We just saw Prince Caspian. Pretty amazing. Is it the film that’s inspiring or the story? Time do do some reading.
The tyranny part is why am I not truly inspired each day as I arise? God has given me life. The sun has come up. An opportunity to live for Him today, to discover something new, to become a better person, to be a model for my kids. And the kids… why is not just looking at them a true inspiration? Mindy Smith vs. My Kids? Perhaps we get complacent with the inspired things around us to the point that only the new the fresh the undiscovered becomes that which “inspires” us. Familiarity breeds contempt?
Lord, help me to be inspired by the world, the familiar world around me. Yes, thanks for those moments where we can look beyond the ordinary to see You or at least see beyond ourselves. But help me not to wait on those things in order to act, to respond, to become a better person. That You chose me to be alive, right now, is my inspiration.
