Happy Easter everyone!!
I had a wonderful Lent. I spent a lot of time reading about Mother Teresa.
She is such an inspiration. She not only wanted to assist the poor, she insisted that she live among the poor. She heard God's call and knew she would endure much suffering, but she only wanted to please God. So she went.
She was in a very comfortable environment and would have had a much easier time living where she was, but she knew after hearing God's call that she needed to go to the poor and be with them. So amazing!!
Some of her colleagues, who were her friends at one time, were envious of her and would speak negatively about her, yet she remained kind, gracious and humble.
She endured much suffering and didn't complain. She remained positive, helpful and humble.
There's so much more too. I hope you will have a chance to read about Mother Teresa. Such a positive, inspiring role model for our time.
So who or what inspires you?
Where do I start! I like Mother Teresa as well. I also like Blessed Miguel Pro, St. Maximilian Kolbe, Saint Teresia Benedicta of the Cross, St Josemaria Escriva, St. Faustina and then there is my Mother and Father. Contemplating the Blessed Mother's life is also very inspiring.
Of people I know firsthand:
My aunt and uncle, who are wealthy, but don't show it. They have provided dozens of my family members with jobs over the years; rescued my k-12 school from financial ruin; helped my parents pay tuition for all 5 of us kids to attend that Catholic school; paid for my textbooks in college; given loans to family members left and right during tough times; adopted 2 children, 1 of which has also adopted 2 children; built a few different businesses from the ground up, providing thousands of jobs to people in my hometown...all of this based on their Faith.
My best friend who is a NFP-only OB/GYN, mother of 2, with a wonderful SAH husband. She fought through a lot to make it to where she is now, and I am very proud of her.
God in many manifestations relayed by all types of people.
My kids
Nature
Travel and reading about other cultures
Art
Music
Reading
Good people
Brave People
Kind People
People who have survived adversity and remain good.
Great question! I am inspired by so many. I find inspiration in seeing a homeless man sing and be joyful despite his circumstances. I feel so inspired when women especially mothers, help other mothers--like new mommies. I too love Mother Theresa---she was incredible!
I mostly find my inspiration to do good and volunteer by the people around me. The everyday situations that restore my faith in humanity. I also am most deeply inspired by my husband and children. They make me want to be a better me every day.
How about our new Pope Francis?
My mom and dad. Their memory and everything they did and stood for.
Above all, my son.... and...
Bill W. and Dr. Bob !!! gotta love these two... They started AA , and to this day, it's a program that has helped millions........ it doesn't cost and works (if you work it) better than any self-help program out there.. There should be planets named after these guys!!! :)
Zig Ziglar (rip) Great motivational speaker!!!
Buddha <<< This guy, after tiring of the good "material life" left it all behind in search of something more and in finding it, would then of course go on to teach others and was/is still an inspiration to millions..
Anne Wigmore.. one of the first alternative GREEN health practitioners on the scene... Today's alternative docs should be singing her praises.. when no one else was on the scene using Green smoothies and sprouts, etc to heal people, this woman started the Hippocrates Health Institute.... Yet so many people think it's people like Dr. Oz , Weil and other mainstream docs who brought us all these wonders.. NOPE.. Anne did it first..
Sitting Bull: Chief, medicine man, poet : The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.
I am always impressed by wealthy people who actually use their connections and money to make a difference (people like Bill Gates and Princess Diana.) Sure, some may say "oh it's easy to give it away when you've got it" but that's not really true. Plenty of people with great wealth are shallow and selfish and only interested in buying "things" for themselves. It takes a generous heart to give of yourself, whether it's a $5 donation and an hour's worth of time, or a $500,000 donation and many, many hours of your time. The wealthy who do this make a huge impact in the world, and I admire and respect that.
My husband!
He doesn't know how to fail! Not only is he an outstanding/ hands on father, he's truly my best friend......He's the best provider, patient, kind, laid back, genuine, super smart, gorgeous, loyal and SO much more...... He came from a REALLY messed up childhood and I have no clue how he turned out so normal... I'm constantly looking for the halo over his head... I can't tell you how many times I hear " does he have a brother" or "can we clone your husband"...... I am so blessed!
Joel Osteen! God is truly using that man to speak great things to many people..
My husband,
My parents (already gone),
My kids,
Some people I have met who look and smile in such special way and say wise things.....
- My parents... I want my parents to be proud of me, which in turn inspires me to be a better person than I am otherwise naturally inclined to be.
- My son. Ditto the above, x1,000,000. Because her transforms "want" into "need".
And here's a smattering of others.
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"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."
Robert Frost
"It is easier to exclude harmful passions than to rule them, and to deny them admittance than to control them after they have been admitted."
Seneca
"I have lost friends, some by death... others through sheer inability to cross the street."
- Virginia Woolf
"Words can be more devastating weapons than any iron implements in the arsenals of the world."
John Boyle O'Reilly
"Our demands most moderate are, we only want the earth."
James Connolly
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work."
Thomas A. Edison
"He who takes offense when it's not intended is a fool, he who takes offense when it IS intended is a greater fool."
Brigham Young
"Work without vision is drudgery. Vision without work is dreaming. Work coupled with vision is destiny."
President Thomas S. Monson
"If every tree on earth was a pen refilled by the sea
And 7 more seas besides
The word of god would not be exhausted
God is all knowing
All wise."
- Mohammed
"We are all connected
To each other, biologically
To the earth, chemically
To the rest of the universe, atomically."
- dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
"Rise up this mornin',
Smiled with the risin' sun,
Three little birds
Is by my doorstep
Singin' sweet songs
Of melodies pure and true,
This is my message to you."
- Bob Marley
"Sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast."
Lewis Carroll
.... And so, so, so many more.
