For
anything excellent and great that you wish to accomplish in your life, there's
one imperative requirement - inspiration. A great inspiration brings with it a
wave of power that by itself may propel you over the finish line. Conversely
when we're empty of inspiration, everything may appear hard, boring and dull,
and we acquire no joy out of what we're doing.
Inspiration
is so crucial as it keeps the mind positive and centered on the greater
picture. We frequently believe we're in command of our minds and what we think,
but even a brief analysis of our thoughts brings out another story: that our
damaging thoughts act as a big barrier to our self growth.
The
mind is really prone to wavering and doubt, shifting from one way to the other
at a moment’s notice. Frequently when you feel a deep inner yearning to achieve
something, the mind will initially go along with it, lured by the novelty
factor. But, when the going gets fierce and you start to encounter roadblocks
in accomplishing your goal, the mind will frequently be the first one to jump
ship! By bringing in outer sources of inspiration to your life, you help your
mind “see the forest for the trees” and work with you to accomplish your goals.
Occasionally
the process of bringing purpose and meaning into your life means you have to
boldly step into territory unmapped by most of the individuals around you. You
start to explore choices beyond the nine-to-five cycle of eating, working and
sleeping, and start to move away towards a deeper sense of being. As many of
those around you aren’t as interested as you are in living out your total
potential, it's really simple to feel that you're ploughing a lone furrow, and
this may make you question if indeed you're doing the right thing . That’s why
staying in touch with inspiring individuals and reading inspiring stories is so
crucial, as it lets you see that other people have been in same place as you.
If they've gone on to accomplish their goals, then why can’t you?
As
the mind gets bored of new things really quickly, you perpetually need to
refill your source of inspiration:
Having
like minded individuals around you can be excellent in that regard - you are
able to guarantee that if one individual in the group isn’t feeling
particularly inspired, somebody else will be, and their inspiration will act as
a lift-me-up tonic. Likewise, together you serve as a valuable source of fresh
ideas - when one individual discovers something that works for them, and then
he or she may share that with everybody else.
Forever
keeping a sense of newness in what you do is always crucial - for instance, to
stop my meditation practice from getting dull and uninspired, I frequently add
a fresh piece of music to my morning routine, or redecorate my meditation
space.
Reading
may be a powerful source of inspiration, as it directly bears upon the mind.
Reading personal inspiration stories may be particularly powerful, as you are
able to put yourself in the shoes of that individual and imagine yourself
overcoming those roadblocks.
You
are able to utilize the inspiration you have as a launching pad to increase
your ambition - your inner yearning for fulfillment. Many individuals who give
seminars on success in different areas all state the same thing - that the
difference between accomplishing a goal and not accomplishing it is merely
whether you desired it badly enough.
The
very act of increasing your ambition helps to inwardly move you away from the
situation you're disgruntled with, and you feel that inside your heart you're
really beginning to bring about the changes that you wish to see in your life.
