Inspiration is power.
It's easy to tell when you don't have it.
You're bored, sleepy, uninterested, dull.
Everything around you is dark.
On the opposite side of the scale, think of the people who were so obsessed with their goal that they forgot to eat, they forgot that day turned into night, so focused on their object of their focus that everything else became irrelevant.
Those mundane days when everything seems dull will surely creep on us.
It's how we respond that matters.
mundane will surely come upon us more often than not.
When that happens, it's time to whip out the trusted inspiration red book for a good dose of fun.
Here are 10 ways to keep the inspiration burning: 1.
Filter Out The Damaging Thoughts Try this: every time you get a negative thought, put a mark on your notebook.
Within five hours you will be shocked at how many negative thoughts you've thought in three hundred minutes.
Multiply that by three hours, twenty four hours, 3 days, a week.
You get the drift right? That's probably why we live life with one foot on the accelerator, the other on the brake pedal.
To keep consistent and progressive momentum in life, our thoughts need to help us out.
It's the only the positive kind that work in our favor.
We frequently believe we're in command of our minds and what we think, but even a brief analysis of our thoughts brings out another story: that our damaging thoughts act as a big barrier to our self growth.
Thankfully, it's within our power to filter out the negative thoughts.
Empower yourself the next time a negative thought creep in by flipping it around and affirming the exact opposite of that.
2.
Believe In Affirmations This is closely related to the first point.
Call it the power of affirmations, it does help to counter that habit.
In fact, you will need to be proactive about it.
First thing in the morning, write down a list of 10 empowering statements, based on your analysis of your most frequent negative thoughts.
Then read it out loud until you believe in what you say, turn it a notch higher.
Once it's settled in your mind, proclaim it loud and learn so everyone in the room hears you.
Shout it out! The one you need to convince is you.
No one else matters.
10 days of that practice and you turn it into a habit.
Two months later you will be surprised at the results in your life as a result of your daily affirmations.
And guess what...
your thoughts will have changed in direct relation to your belief in your affirmations.
3.
What's Your Ice Cream? It's a term I use to label 'little rewards.
' Whenever you take a positive and strong step towards your desire, reward yourself with something that's meaningful to you - a cup of coffee, cupcake, a pat on the back, or even a pedicure.
Treat yourself.
Not only will these periodic and frequent acts of reward boost you forward, they will keep you believing in yourself.
It fires up so much more inspiration that you feel you can go on and on.
4.
Respect Your Gut Feel You've probably heard that your gut is always right, right? True.
So one of the things we should all learn to do is learn to respect it.
What do I mean by that? Simply this: A lot of time, something on the surface can be rationalized as logical and true while your gut is telling you the exact opposite.
As a result, we go for the rational logical thought and bear the consequences.
Our gut feel comes back to convict us "I told you so!" being the ringing statement over and over again.
The result? Loss of inspiration.
5.
Control Your Thoughts Your mind is prone to wavering and doubt, shifting from one way to the other at a moment's notice.
Frequently when you feel a deep inner yearning to achieve something, the mind will initially go along with it, lured by the novelty factor.
But, when the going gets fierce and you start to encounter roadblocks in accomplishing your goal, the mind will frequently be the first one to resist you! By bringing in outer sources of inspiration to your life, you help your mind "see the forest for the trees" and work with you to accomplish your goals.
6.
Travel The Tough Road Occasionally the process of bringing purpose and meaning into your life means you have to boldly step into territory unmapped by most of the individuals around you.
You start to explore choices beyond the nine-to-five cycle of eating, working and sleeping, and start to move away towards a deeper sense of being.
It's possible that a number of people around you don't understand why you need to go in this direction, but it's really because they can't see what you see.
You will need to travel that tough road.
There will be times when you yourself question whether you're doing the right thing.
That's why staying in touch with inspiring individuals and reading inspiring stories is so crucial, as it lets you see that other people have been in same place as you.
If they've gone on to accomplish their goals, then why can't you? 7.
Like-minded, Like-hearted Having like-minded individuals around you can be excellent in that regard - you are able to guarantee that if one individual in the group isn't feeling particularly inspired, somebody else will be, and their inspiration will act as a lift-me-up tonic.
Likewise, together you serve as a valuable source of fresh ideas - when one individual discovers something that works for them, and then he or she may share that with everybody else.
8.
Be New Keeping a sense of newness in what you do is always crucial.
A new book, new music, a new coffee shop, the way you pray.
All things new keep us looking forward to new things in the future.
It's what you feed your mind today that feeds your expectation for tomorrow.
For instance, spice up your prayer by playing a song that voices everything you want to tell God.
Lots of times, our prayer becomes a habit - a routine way of speaking with God that follows the same opening statement, same words, same pattern.
Boring.
Even God wants to stop yawning.
9.
Try A New Hobby By getting your mind off your core hobbies and trying out a new one, your childlike curiosity is rekindled.
Try building a dog house.
Yeah! I know! Too easy, right? Pouring over manuals as you try and get the pieces fitted together like a puzzle serve to trigger your initial sense of enthusiasm in life.
Up to ten months ago, I didn't think I'd be writing this frequently.
But it's not only my expression and my voice, it's my hobby.
It's what I live to do now.
Your thing may not be writing, maybe it's reading, or public speaking.
That can be a powerful source of inspiration, as it directly bears upon the mind.
Reading personal inspiration stories may be particularly powerful, as you are able to put yourself in the shoes of that individual and imagine yourself overcoming those roadblocks.
By the way, that dog house...
well it's still in pieces.
10.
The One Thing I Desire...
You're able to utilize the inspiration you have as a launching pad to increase your ambition - your inner yearning for fulfillment when you are able to define with exact precision the one thing you desire.
Many individuals who give seminars on success in different areas all state the same thing - that the difference between accomplishing a goal and not accomplishing it is merely whether you desired it badly enough.
The very act of increasing narrowing down on this one goal results in a laser-like focus that overtakes any doubts that trick your mind during tough times.
Your ambition helps to inwardly move you away from the situation you're disgruntled with, and you feel that inside your heart you're really beginning to bring about the changes that you wish to see in your life.
Since your mind gets bored of new things really quickly, you perpetually need to refill your source of inspiration and reignite the spark.
With these 10 ways, you can keep that spark burning until the next moment of 'eureka' comes along!