“To live is the rarest thing on earth. Most people exist and that’s it”. Oscar Wilde Inspirational ideas are meant to get people inspired. In this chapter, we look at what it means to be inspired and also empowered.

• Who are inspired people?
• What are the empowered?

Inspiration can change people’s lives. It can help a person to start living and realize their full potential in life.

What does it mean to be inspired?

There a number of definitions for the word “inspiration”, some of these include,

• “A divine influence directly exerted on the mind or soul” Excerpt from www.definitions.net
• “To get excited about life and to learn how to live” .Anonymous
• “To get passionate about something” .Anonymous
• “To be inspired by something or someone is to take in a new idea and literally let it change your life”. Anonymous

Inspiration is also best defined as, arousing the mind to unusual creativity and awakening the soul of a person to enable them to pursue this creativity. Inspiration is very important. It can help a person learn how to live more positively. It impacts on the brain of an individual and has the capability of changing their whole mindset.

For example,” The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” Eleanor Roosevelt. This is a very simple yet very powerful inspirational quote. It can inspire someone who had given up on their dreams to start believing again.

This can get them in to start pursuing the dream again. It also inspires people who may be pursuing their dreams but feel like they are far from achieving it. This encourages them to keep dreaming and believing. The power of inspiration can never be underestimated. It can practically save a person’s life. Someone who may have given up on life and even contemplating suicide may suddenly turn around and start living their lives to the fullest.

The right kind of inspiration can enabled you to do anything you want. You can write, an artist be a poet, a successful businessman, design and so much more. Being inspired will enable you to live a happy and more fulfilling life.

Inspirational Ideas

“Keep your face to the sunshine and you will never see the shadow”. Helen Keller. Inspirational ideas normally contain an inspiration message meant to empower individuals. There are so many types of such ideas. There are some that touch different professionals while others are meant for everyone.

An inspirational idea may just be what a person needs to get started on their careers. For instance, people who rely on creativity tend to get moments when they feel like they have run out ideas. The right of inspiration can get such a person back on track. It can also enable them to go beyond their expectations. Inspirational ideas may also empower people to try out new opportunities and fully utilize their potentials.

Empowerment

Empowerment can be spiritual, social, political or even economic. It basically refers to strengthening a person or a group of people. This enables them to be more confident and learn to live their lives to the fullest. There are people who may be oppressed or marginalized due to man factors. One such factor may be the society.

For instance, in some societies women are normally marginalized. In this case, to empower them would be to give them confidence and opportunity to overcome all barriers and excel in different fields and learn how to be self-sufficient. It may also mean to simply enable them to enjoy opportunities that others have been enjoying but they have not.

For example, the rights to be employed or even drive. Empowerment can also be effected in organizations whereby employees are normally limited by the management. To empower them would mean to give them some kind of independence to make their own decisions and trust their own judgment.

This may help in improving the working environment and overall performance of the employees. In other instance, people may actually inhibit themselves. Negative thoughts can easily make a person doubt themselves and put themselves down. This attitude would greatly hinder their performance and their whole outlook on life.

Types of Inspirational Ideas

There are general inspirational ideas that can inspire any group of individuals while there are others that are meant for a group of people. In this chapter, we look at the different types of inspirational ideas.

• Which inspirational ideas can apply to your current situation?
• How can these ideas help you?

There are other ideas that may be intended for a group of people but can also be applied by other different groups.

Visionaries

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens but often we look so long at the closed door that we don’t see the one that has been opened for us”. Helen Keller Inspirational ideas that fall under this category are meant to enable people to have a positive outlook on life. They encourage and motivate at the same time.

They give people hope for the future. Visionaries shave a clear picture of the future. They have goals and dreams. This is what keeps them motivated and enables them to pursue these goals. Having a vision also helps one in overcoming obstacle since they have their eyes set on the goals. A person who has a vision will be able to avoid things that may distract from their goals.

“Nothing splendid was ever achieved except by those who dared to believe that something inside them was superior to their circumstances”. Bruce Barton As indicated in this inspirational idea, a visionary can easily overcome their preset circumstance.

For example, a person may be poor but they have a clear vision of what they to be in future. This will give them the determination to overcome their present situation and achieve their goals. In contrast, someone who isn’t inspired will just accept their present situation and be content.

Excerpted from the book Inspirational Ideas.

This excerpt has been edited and condensed for clarity.

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