To Inspire

On the way home I was thinking about inspiration.  What is it to inspire another?  The Oxford online dictionary defines it as thus:  “fill (someone) with the urge or ability to do or feel something, especially to do something creative: his philosophy inspired a later generation of environmentalists”

We all know what it is to be inspired by another.  We are caught by their enthusiasm, their passion for a subject and that is passed on to us.  We have that spark ignited within us which fires us up and makes us want to discover and experience it for ourselves.  Inspiration is a spark which is passed from one person to another.  We are each like a lit candle.  A candle doesn’t lose any light by lighting another candle.  Let your light shine forth – others will see it and be lit from within.

Marianne Williamson has said “your playing small does not serve the world.  There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won't feel insecure around you.  We are all meant to shine as children do”.

So shine your light.  Inspire and be inspired and follow the path of your soul.  Others will see your light and remember the light within themselves.