Inspiration.
Being Love isn’t an overnight transformation. The mechanics behind it are the same as anything else – practice, stumble, learn, rest, repeat. It’s how every success is won.
And, success needs planning – what resources do you need? What are the challenges? What are the actions? A strong foundation is a constant towards any goal; being Love is no different.
We need more than foundation and planning, though. We need inspiration. Real life inspiration. We need that motivator to spark us, to lead us, to be an example to emulate. And, I don’t mean an untouchable celebrity, athlete or even a prominent philanthropist. I mean someone “real” in our own life. But, where do you look for inspiration to be Love? Jesus, Buddha, Mother Theresa, Gandhi? Maybe? As amazing as those people are, that still doesn’t solve “untouchable” problem.
So, WHERE DO I GET INSPIRATION? It’s a question that I’ve been asking myself ever more frequently. This journey I’m on is absolutely where I need to be, but it’s tough. It’s dark. I fall. I get tired. I wonder if it’s all worth it? I’ve struggled to find inspiration on many occasions. I’ve read the “quote of the day”, I’ve watched the Youtube videos, and sometimes it’s just not enough to really connect to. I needed something more, and so the universe answered my question. Standing five foot nothing, literally, right under my nose. There she was, my mom.
Unequivocally, my ma is a wonderful wonderful person. She lives a simple life; the happiness of her family being far and away the most important. It’s not even as though she sees through the largely meaningless and draconian dogma of Western civilization, she just doesn’t even care about it. It’s all about her family.
To her, it doesn’t matter where I work or what I wear. She doesn’t care about how I look or the truck I drive. Being cool or being a dork is all the same in her eyes (between my brother and I, I’m the cool one, by the way). She just wants me to be happy. And the way she contributes to that, is by Love. All. The. Time.
There are definitely instances where we don’t see eye to eye (not a cheap jab at her being three apples high), and it’s usually because I’ve been a jerk. Regardless, as tense as a situation can be, she always does something to show how much she Loves me in her own way.
It’s a choice she makes, it’s not because she’s my mother and “she has to”. Her Love is the brand of Love that will never expire no matter what I do or don’t do. It’s something very special about her. Even when I semi-joke about winning the lottery and ask her what she would want, she very unsemi-jokingly replies, “I just want you to be happy”. She truly is inspiration.
We all have this person in our lives. I promise you that. And so, who’s your real life inspiration? Open your Heart and let them lead you. Pretty soon, you’ll be the leader.
be Love.
