Be Inspired

​ “For one minute, walk outside, stand there, in silence. Look up at the sky and contemplate how amazing life is.”
—Anonymous
 
In the months before we moved into our new house, I came across a home show on TV hosted by a loving and humorous couple from Texas.
 
There is much to love about the show, but what grabbed me was the decorating style. I loved the look, and studied everything I could find about it. By the time we moved into our new house I had incorporated those ideas into my own decorating style and had a wonderful time creating that look in our own home.
 
My home now inspires me as I walk from room to room and see the results of creating each room with love. Not because the rooms are fancy or elegant, I must admit they may not even be clean and neat, but the colors, the textures and the balance, still evoke a feeling of love within me.
 
Throughout this adventure I learned that decorating is fun and satisfying if you start with a look that inspires you. That inspiration gives you the colors, form and feeling that you want to convey in a room. It is like a master recipe from which to work, inspiring creativity.
             
The same may be true in creating our lives. We can live creatively, approaching life as an art form, creating each day rather than just surviving it. To do this we need to find our inspiration.
 
What would inspiration for your daily life look like? Here are a few ideas.
 
My life inspiration is that feeling of love and appreciation I feel when I lose myself in the night sky, or the fresh, deep green of my yard and woods with its symphony of birdsong, or the laughing delight of my grandchildren in play, the centeredness I feel when writing and meditating, that feeling of tuning in with a client, loving connections with family and soul family, the excitement of a new adventure, a new idea or understanding. All of that inspires me with love and appreciation.
 
What inspires you in your daily life?

Photo by Jeremy Thomas on Unsplash night sky

Your Spiritual Toolbox

Make an Inspiration List
 
Think through what you love and appreciate in your life. What excites you? What delights you? What entices you? What gives you a feeling of loving expansiveness?
 
Note each of these things on your list. You can use this list in several ways.
 
You can use your Inspiration List to give yourself a mini-vacation during a busy or stressful time.
 
Give yourself several minutes to visualize and imagine enjoying each of these inspiring elements of your life. When you return from those few minutes of visualizing you will feel more relaxed, less stressed, better able to deal with things.
 
You can use your Inspiration List to add elements of inspiration to your day today.
 
For me that looks like getting out in Nature. An afternoon with my grandchildren, playing a board game with my husband, calling a family member on the phone, making a date for coffee with a friend, spending time writing and meditating, scheduling a session, learning how to tap dance, planning a road trip to some place new. Focusing my attention on loving and appreciating each person and thing with whom I am connecting today.
 
You can use your Inspiration List to create a life filled with inspiration.
 
Just as you can add elements of inspiration to your day today, you can gradually add more and more of what inspires you into every day. In time you will be living a life filled with inspiration.
 
Today, look for what inspires, delights, excites and fills you with an expansive sensation of love and appreciation. This is your master recipe for creating each day with inspiration.​