Is Inspiration as Simple as “not quitting”?
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My daughter Alex is a senior in college and facing a bleak employment picture when she graduates. She is also looking for a passion. Reading so much of my stuff she believes that great things can happen when we believe in ourselves.
She likes to point at things I do like learning to surf and learning how to get my websites to page one Google on the internet. I enjoy most of my own accomplishments because I learn how to do things myself and I would never think of quitting.
Therefore it is only a matter of how much time it takes to learn.
I am not sure she really feels her own connection or whether her self belief is intellectual.
There is one way to make a belief a reality. Don’t ever quit. If you know you will never quit you have time to make progress. The goal has to have personal long term value.
If you don’t reach short term objectives you have to create a new strategy. If you don’t want to pursue the goal any further, consider whether it was a real goal or just something you were going to try.
Trying is never inspiration.
If the purpose of a goal is to acquire something, it will never be an inspiration. For one, it will die after we acquire or don’t acquire the materialistic end. An inspiration is expressing who we are. It is not buying things.
We have to make a lot of decisions based on money. But we can be connected and still make money decisions. We have to realize where the necessity for money fits into our plan.
If I want to be an astronomer, I might have to work various jobs until I get the necessary knowledge or training to do what I want. As long as I don’t want to be an astronomer by next week, I can fulfill my dream.
Inspiration calls to action self belief, faith, commitment, and love for the opportunity.
If your dream cannot include these emotions, it is not big enough.
My goal in surfing, for example, is to be on a short board and carving it up like the experienced surfers. I am some steps away, but I have already envisioned my self doing what I want. Never getting there is not really as important as the desire to continue the effort and the participation.
I can be an inspired surfer without having to do it for a living.
People who want to climb Mt Everest are inspired and committed. It is a worthwhile goal that has great personal meaning. It certainly expresses to themselves who they are. Many die in their commitment. That is serious inspiration.
Achieving the summit doesn’t define them, their effort and willingness to train defines them. Those who don’t make it will try again or climb other mountains.
Inspiration is more than success. Inspiration is an expression of who we are and has no counterpart in failure. The act of expressing who we are is the success. It includes our need for self belief, faith, courage, and commitment. We have already envisioned and become our end.
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