Inspiration

I was talking today about a project to create a new website designed to bring inspiring thoughts to people.  Four relative strangers coming together to explore possibilities and try and create something positive.  I guess you could think that was pretty inspiring…

Of course it got me thinking about what I find inspiring and what inspires others.  You might feel it should be easy to answer what inspires me, but though it is an increasingly common word to bandy around these days, it isn’t a label I often attach to my experiences.  I am easily moved by things I see in nature, or by things that I read or films I watch, but I’m not sure if ‘moved’ equals ‘inspired’.  One connects me to my emotions and builds those ‘muscles’.  The other perhaps needs to show me another way of being or thinking or acting.

What do you think?

“Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.”  Lao Tzu

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