Inspired By Purpose, Driven By Passion

“Inspire”, “Inspiration”, “Motivate”. These are some of the most frequently heard or seen words in our day- to -day life. But what do these words hold importance for? Inspiration is when you feel a deep-rooted passion and motivation to do something. It is basically “A feeling of enthusiasm you get from someone or something, which gives you new and creative ideas.” Whereas Inspire means to Fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative. To put in right words, The action of motivating someone is inspiration and the action is known as inspire.

What is Inspiration? What does inspiration mean to you? Who inspires you? Hmmm….You’re not sure because you have never really thought about it. Well let me tell you what inspiration is to me! Inspiration is something that makes you want to make a change in your life for the better; or, someone who pushes you or sets an example. Or someone that makes you think about your life and how or why you want to change it, that makes you get inspired and this is what we call Inspiration. This may or may not result in something fruitful, but may surely lead to learn something valuable throughout. Inspiration or source of inspiration can be found anywhere, it just need an eye of observation or the goal to get inspired. For me , inspiration can be a person, even a book , a view , any perception , words , thoughts and everything in the world which makes an individual think and do better. I get inspire by everything around myself. For instance when i see sun rising every morning, it inspires me to shine bright and give life to living beings on earth. When i watch trees or plants, it inspires me to be selfless, standing and providing shade to wanderers from the scorching heat, to provide fruits to the people who dawdle with hunger. So it’s that simple!! Inspiration is all around you…

“If you want to fly, give up everything that weighs you down”, these words speaks everything that you may need to look when need to get inspired from anyone or anything. Only seeking inspiration is not the end point, but to let that turn into meaningful action or fruitful result will be something of great worth. “Know your goal, know your worth”…

There was once a king who decided to do a little experiment. He had a giant boulder put right in the middle of the street. He then hid near the boulder to see who, if anyone, would try to move it out of the way.

First, some wealthy merchants walked by. They walked around the boulder, complaining that the king hasn’t been maintaining the roads very well.

Next, a peasant walked by, heading home with his arms full of food for his family. When he noticed the boulder, he put his groceries down and attempted to move it out of everyone’s way. It took him a while to move it, but he eventually succeeded. After the peasant gathered up his groceries to carry on home, he noticed a bag lying in the middle of the road, just where the boulder once was. He opened the bag to find that it was stuffed full of gold coins, along with a letter from the king saying that the bag’s gold was a reward for the peasant to keep because he had taken the time and energy to move the boulder out of the road for the convenience of others who would be travelling the road in the future.

The Moral:

The peasant in this story was taught by the king that every obstacle you face offers an opportunity to improve. If you’re able to push through moments that are challenging, you may end up being much better off than you were before you started trying.

This story also offers a lesson of personal responsibility . If you see a job ahead of you, don’t leave it for the next person to do. Rather, step up and get the job done to help the people who come after you.

So, you see, this was a simple story which inspires to a great extent. The inspiration we get from this is If you’re able to push through moments that are challenging, you may end up being much better off than you were before you started trying.

Remember, “ Life is too small to spend without any aim or inspiration and procrastination is the thief of time”, so get your inspiration, boost your energy, set your goal, and achieve it. Be an inspiration!!!!! If not today , let it be someday…

Thank you

An article by Manya Banga

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