Inspiration...

I get inspiration from so many things...Music, Myself, God, and so on. But these inspirations come with different feelings. When I’m inspired by God, I feel heavenly and try to make peace with God and myself if I have erred. When I’m inspired by Myself, I do stuffs I couldn’t do. Things I normally would say I can’t do. That moment, I feel like a super girl. Yea, I always talk to myself when I feel weak, disappointed at my performance or my behaviour towards someone or I when someone tells me I cannot do something especially when the person can do that particular thing. I tell myself, “if he/she can do this, why can’t you?”.

There was a time I was selected to represent my school in a tournament with other schools, I was to throw the javelin but I hadn’t done that in ages and we had less time for proper training. When we went for our first training, I failed. I was so angry at my self that I left and sat waiting for my coach to come closer so I would say I won’t be participating anymore. All of a sudden, a girl came “Dora”, she hadn’t even seen a javelin before but threw so perfectly. I was stunned, I said to myself, “so you would seriously leave? Stand up and do something. You can do it, If Dora can do it, why can’t you?” I made many attempts but I wasn’t doing well. And when I fail, I kept telling my self you can do it. After hours of training and I still did not do better, I took a break and tried again. Surprisingly, I did great. Even better than the other girls and after my first successful throw, I did better and better. I was so pleased that I did not give up.

Now inspiration from Music is something else, it takes a hold of me. I love music so much I could listen to a particular song I like for days or even weeks! It frustrates almost everyone around me but I don’t mind. I describe music as soul food. Most times its the lyrics that get to me or the rhythm. I don’t know if I have a best song or a particular genre of music I love. It encompasses my soul. There is no word to describe the feeling. I love listening to good music before reading, writing or even taking some personal decisions because I feel open and would know how to respond to things not just from abstractions.

Inspiration could come from anything. I asked two friends about their sources of inspiration, one said The Bible. I was shocked by my other friend's answer because I found it so strange. Well we can get inspired by good or bad things. But good and Godly inspirations are awesome because they tend to produce things that impact positive things and could changes one's life to be better.

Inspirational Quote: Strive for progress not perfection, mistakes are proof that you are trying.