Guess who inspires me?

Let me keep this short and sweet, I know you have better things to do than just go on and on through a blog.

Inspiration! Well, inspiration can be deemed subjective. It varies from person to person, the type, the intensity and the genesis. The source of this potent property can be anything, ranging from men to objects, it could be a known personality or their own antecedent forefathers, a book or a motion picture. For me, the inspiration trickles from myself, colloquially known as, self inspiration.

How? Isn’t it obvious? Aren’t we all, at some level, self inspired? Inspiration only begins its useful work when our spirits are moved to thought and action. The self is the weak link between all things inspiring and inspired, thought and action. Blaming others for not inspiring us when we are not self inspired, externalises the problem. And we cannot inspire others if we are not inspired ourselves. To become self inspired, I have found it useful to build three reinforcing processes within me — evolving self, congruent self and courageous self.

Inspiring self is integral to the never-ending journey of becoming a better person. Without it, the inspiration we receive from others does us no good. I try to keep my eyes on the stars and my feet on the ground. The past cannot be changed. But the future is yet in my power. I don't believe you have to be better than everybody else. I believe you have to be better than you ever thought you could be.

Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity or even pain. To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices, I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but to embrace it.

Let us do something that our future self will thank us for.