What does the word inspiration mean to you? Over the last
couple of weeks I heard this word so many times, that I had to come to the
point of asking myself what is inspiration to me. During the course of the
competition these last few months I had to deal with my understanding of
inspiration..
Inspiration is not found outside of ourselves, it is NOT
measured by how many people say “she/he is so inspirational.” Inspiration is what
we find in ourselves and the beauty of life around us, when you can wake up in
the morning and say, “Today I am going to inspire myself, I find myself
inspirational.” Let us stop measuring ourselves and feeling that we fall short.
That we don’t have the experience, expertise, education, money or opportunities to
follow our dream. That our dream is NOT just a dream. We seem to find all these
things that we feel we lack and then we just accept that maybe it is not
possible, or fall into that place of doubt.
Let us look inward and realize that each and every one of us
in this world is an inspiration. If you are a mother, a student, a child, we
all overcome so much each and every day. Looking at the color of a flower is
inspirational, feeling the rain is the purest form of inspiration. I am not
perfect, never will I ever be, but I am willing to learn each day and sometimes
I learn a lesson more than once. Let us find the power within ourselves and
stop feeling that we do not measure up to others. Be your own inspiration! Thank
you to everybody for being a part of my journey, and for life for taking me on
this journey. Now let’s make some art!
There was a seagull who flew with the seagull flock, like good
seagulls do. One day he got separated – he wondered why none of them liked
him. He found the flock once again, and joined them once again … but one
day he found himself falling behind at the end of the flock – he wondered
why he wasn’t as good as them.
Then a moment came … he went out
on his own to make his life an adventure rather than nothing …. and soon thereafter,
he found himself leading a large flock of seagulls in flight – he knew the
truth - ‘we are all marvelously made and destined to win at whatever we set
our minds to’.
