Inspiring Others

Inspiration is an experience you feel deep in your soul, a longing to do something creative, fresh and maybe even brilliant. You encounter or see something that motivates you to take a risk and to go way outside of your comfort zone. Spring often brings inspiration in our lives with its newness.

To inspire someone is to motivate them and spur them on to something incredible. In fact, the word comes from the Latin inspirare, which is a combination of two Latin words, in—“into” and spirare which means “breathe.”

So, to inspire is to breathe into someone’s soul in the sense of imparting a revelation or an idea that powerfully influences and animates that individual to action.

Who is someone who inspires you? Do you have someone with qualities that make you want to follow? That contagious feeling of passing on good to others?

If so, as you being inspired by others you can live in such a way that you inspire those in your sphere of influence. Inspiration is something to be passed along.

The secret to inspiring others is to be inspired by others. Look around, what qualities or habits attract you, create in you a desire to be better?

Some tips to seek out inspiration include:

Clean Air: Find it and breathe deeply. The process is that someone breathes into you, and you breathe into someone else. Inspiration doesn’t happen in a vacuum because there’s no air (i.e., breath) in a vacuum.

Find good habits and be alert to inspiration in the daily routines.
Are you reading something inspiring?
Are you seeing greatness in others?
Are you engaging with those who motivate you to dream and to grow?
Are you investing time with God in prayer and in His Word (the ultimate inspiration)?

Inspiration matters.

"Let us hold unswervingly to the hope we profess, for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds." Hebrews 10:23-24

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