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September
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Today's
quotation:
I learned.. . that inspiration does not
come like
a bolt, nor
is it kinetic, energetic, striving, but it
comes
to us slowly and quietly and all the time, though we
must regularly and every day give it a little chance to
start flowing, prime it with a little solitude and
idleness.
Brenda Ueland
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Today's
Meditation:
Inspiration
is just another thing that we misunderstand because we've
been taught about it incorrectly. I used to think
novelists were "inspired," until I wrote four of
the things myself-- believe me, the inspiration part was
gone very quickly, and what was left was a lot of
work. I enjoyed the work, but I certainly was cured
of my illusions of inspiration.
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The
best poetry is created during the revision process-- there are
very few brilliant poems that haven't been reworked over
and over again. That's where the craft comes in, and
that's where the deeper elements of the poem come to be.
I
like the quotation by a composer who said something to the
extent of "I don't work because I'm inspired; I find
inspiration because I'm working."
Inspiration
is in all of us. It's not a bolt of lightning from
heaven, but a part of ourselves that lies dormant for a
very long time until the conditions are right for it to
make its way into the light-- and we're the only ones who
can make the conditions right for our own inspiration to
affect us. We don't have to seek inspiration--
rather, we have to create conditions in which
it's possible for inspiration to thrive.
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Peace
and quiet. Being in a relaxed state in a relaxing
place. Being good to ourselves; loving and trusting
ourselves. Letting our minds rest from their
constant stress and strife. Listening closely to
others rather than formulating responses as they
talk. Accepting things that we used to think were
unacceptable. Our inspiration lies in
us like a spring of clear, pure water that can't make its
way out until we prepare a way for it. Inspiration
doesn't just happen; it takes work. And inspiration
isn't for just a select few-- it's in all of us.
When
are you going to let yours out and allow it to affect your
life in beautiful ways?
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Questions to
consider:
When was the last time you felt truly
inspired? What caused it?
How might you bring more inspiration into your life?
How can you prepare your mind and heart to be fertile
ground
in which inspiration can prosper when you bring it into
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For further
thought:
You
need not leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and
listen. You need not even listen, simply wait, just learn
to become quiet, and still, and solitary. The world will
freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no
choice; it will roll in ecstasy at your feet.
Franz
Kafka
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