I have been doing a lot of thinking lately about inspiration. When I look at my own life, in many of its finer aspects, it has been a search for inspiration. It has also been an attempt at becoming a channel of inspiration. When I think about my life-all of it-I think in many ways inspiration seems to be at the center of everything for me.

Sure, I have sought money, influence, pleasure and other such things along the way, and yet as I look at them now, they really seem to me more like handholds, images, or reflections of something more magnificent that I have desired deep-down: inspiration.
What is inspiration? For me this world is about connecting with a reality that is so much larger than what our conscious awareness is usually experiencing. It is about experiencing the sublime that currently peeks into our realities every now and then.

For me, inspiration is not just supposed to be an every-now-and-then-the-angels-sing-and-the-sky-lights-up-like-a-million-suns kind of a moment. I believe that we are all being called, guided, and led to live inspiring lives. Not lives where details distract us and bring us down, but where every aspect of our lives radiates goodness, truth, and beauty as a matter of course. Inspiration is about connection to more of who we really are, to more of who we are to each other, to more of the Source from whence we come.

Just because we haven’t perceived inspiration on a constant basis does not mean that it is not constantly available. I believe that our current Inspiration Quotient (I.Q.?) is only a reflection of our current openness to it, not to the amount that is available. I like to think of it as an infinite, untapped resource of incredible power with more than enough to transform everything for the better, beyond our abilities to imagine.

I think inspiration is basically about two things: what we receive and what we release. Receiving and releasing are partners in the dance of life. For as we receive inspiration, we are empowered to release more of what keeps us from perceiving it. As we release the fear-based programming that dulls and limits our perceptions, we are even more open to experiencing the inspiration that surrounds us like the air we breathe. And so these two aspects: receiving and releasing form a potential cycle of renewal that we can participate in as we seek to move from living according to our fears to living according to inspiration as it breaks into our souls, hearts, minds, and bodies.

There is so much more for us to experience. There are unlimited possibilities just on the other side of our fears and doubts. Let’s receive power and release fear and together discover a new fire within and amongst us that burns ever and ever brighter.

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Superpowers!

Everybody has one (or more) whether they know it or not. What are yours?

When I was a kid, I always wanted to be a super hero with cool superpowers. Little did I realize that I had them and didn’t know it! The same is true for you too!

So what are  yours?

Super-speed?

Super-stealth?

Inspiration?

Intelligence?

Compassion?

Empathy?

Storytelling?

Humor?

Healing?

Speech?

Writing?

Design?

Love?

Peace?

Joy?

Wisdom?

The ability to bend space-time?

Drawing?

Music?

Marketing?

Finance?

Business?

Creativity?

Craftiness?

You get the picture. Everyone has a unique combination of characteristics that combine in a singular unreplicated package-you!

Who you really are is your gift to the world. Allow your passions to guide you in applying your super powers for the betterment of the world, and you will find that there is nothing that will be able to stop you from making a huge difference for a whole bunch of people.

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Love is the greatest power in the universe. It causes to the stars to burn and the seas to move. It is the power that takes hearts of stone and turns them into soft and vulnerable vessels of light, happiness, and joy. We are one. We are love. And there is no force based in fear or any other appearance of strength or anger or hate or greed that will overcome the light of love that shines, even though it may be buried under layers of fear and doubt.

You are good enough. You can trust yourself and even more importantly you can trust God. Share the love you have in every way you can and you will be blessed beyond your ability to imagine. Love deeply. Love plainly. Love simply. Simply love. Be love, because that is who you really are underneath everything you have been told and have chosen to believe that is out of harmony with that truth.

And if you feel low on love, it is as available as the air. Let it soak your soul. Bask in the wonder of it’s healing. It’s there even if you have never consciously experienced it before. Seek it with all of your heart and you will find it as long as you are willing to persist until you find it and after you find it.

GO BE THE LOVE YOU ARE!

We will all be blessed for it.

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