Who doesn't love to be inspired? I am serious. If you can show me someone that doesn't like to be inspired by something/anything/anyone then I will show you someone that is checked out of this game already. Why do we have such a love affair with movies? Why does music speak to us? Why are you reading blogs and thumbing through magazines? I absolutely crave for moments that inspire me. Inspirational stories of camaraderie and brotherhood of men at war, involved in sports, or just survival situations causes drums to beat in my heart. Songs that take you instantaneously to a moment in the past make my hair stand on end. I have a journal that I write inspirational moments that occur in my life down on its pages. I am a fan of inspiration, seems only natural that I would also want to be an inspiration.
It might seem natural that I would want to be an inspiration but I do not believe it is that easy. We all know growing up that we wanted to be these things that were, in our young minds “great”, Doctors. Firemen, Policemen, Cowboys, Superheroes, Army men, Authors, Musicians, Sea captains, adventurers and whatever else you can think of along those lines. Never once do I remember thinking as a young version of myself that I would grow up to be a Quality Assurance Supervisor. Yes it is as uninspiring as it sounds… but it pays the bills.
So if it isn't as easy as it seems what can we do to inspire? Live with principle. Take the ideas that we are talking about in this blog and run with them. Be a warrior in your current situation and you will inspire. You may not have a movie written about you but you will inspire someone. Take the principles that we have lined out so far and seriously start making them your second nature. We have too few men in this world that live without these principles. Maybe they were never taught these principles and need some inspiration.
While you are living like a warrior start to notice the things that make you happy and give you fulfillment and start to cultivate those passions into something you can spend more and more time on.
The reason for this post is because I have a son that I desperately want to inspire. I want him to dream big and then go after those dreams but with a foundation that is based on the right principles.
I also want to inspire my son through my actions. I want to dream and go after dreams. I want to fail and get back up and start over again. I want to have this community of warriors rolling behind me.
I would love to hear some more feedback from the few readers I have. Tell me some of the things that inspire you? What movies make you want to explode with inspiration? What are your dreams? What moments have given you inspiration in your life? (Yes sports moments count)