Blog hopping...

I've never heard of a Blog Hop before, but one of my blog friends is hosting one, and I couldn't resist!  She proposes a theme, and her readers blog about it and post links.  You can read her other readers' entries by clicking the link at the bottom of my post.  Her theme for this week is inspiration, so here goes...


Inspiration is something that I luckily am able to tap into pretty often, and I have found that the things that inspire me are those that incite wonder.  This could be a book about the past that makes me wonder what it must have been like to live back then.  It could be in the form of a movie or tv show that makes me wonder what it is like to live that person's life, whether real or fictitious.  It could be the feelings I have for my husband that make me wonder about the depths of love.  Or it could be a beautiful day that makes me wonder about the interconnectedness of humans and nature.  Whatever the source, it is really the act of wondering that inspires me. 

I believe this is because wondering opens me up to possibilities.  In my daily life, I am very easily bogged down by the details- where I need to be, what needs to be done, or what mistakes I have made.  When I feel like this, I can feel my focus narrowing, like a horse wearing blinders.  But when I am feeling inspired, my focus widens and I take in more of the world.  It broadens my relationship with the world, and thereby life as a whole.  So, maybe it is really my relationship with life that inspires me.  Whatever it is, when I am feeling inspired, I know that I am living a fulfilled life. 

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