Ultimate Blog Challenge - Day 13: Inspiration

Welcome back to the Ultimate Blog Challenge! It's Day 13 today, and we're supposed to write about Inspiration. What and who inspires us? Can we try and inspire a reader today?

Wow. 

I tried to think about what inspiration even means. To me it's "getting hit by something that leads me to do something."

If I see a beautiful scenery, let's say at the lake, I enjoy it, I take a picture (and I probably post it on social media, hahah.)

Music inspires me in a way that it makes me feel good - or sad, depending on the song, either way, it has an impact on me. 

There's this old Chicago song, by the way, it's called "you're the inspiration". Lovely! 

I realize I have never watched a Chicago video, even though I love their music. So in the name of research I made up for this omission.

It's it is a genuine piece of contemporary history!

People with "big hair" and funny clothes listen to music on Walkmen, read paper newspapers featuring Princess Diana and make phone calls using a landline phone with an extension cord!

Listening to Chicago inspires me to visit the city again. Soon!!!

Speaking of history, I am obsessed about the new ABBA album. Read about it here. 

Back to the definition of "Inspiration":

Earlier this year I got awarded an Ideal Inspiration Blogger Award, which of course is the modern version of the good old chain letter, and the nominees don't really have to be inspiring, but rather good-natured enough to play along ;-) 

During the 2017 A - Z Blogging Challenge I wrote about "Inspiration and Ice Hockey" for the letter I. Going back and reading about how Colin made it to his youth team made me sniffle. 

I got a comment on my hockey player heroes post that said it was inspiring. Here's to hoping today's post will be inspiring to somebody, too.

What people do inspire me?

I would say those who have a brilliant mind, and with one simple remark or question they manage trigger something in me that lingers for a long time.

Here'd an example: When my ex-boyfriend dumped me, I was heartbroken. Since I didn't want to become the person that whines to their friends over and over, and the shrink I went to see once didn't feel like a good fit for me, I contacted the next best person to talk to: a business coach. 

Haha, don't know it till you try it!

I told him the entire story, and it included the fact that while my ex and I were still together, I had a dream about him and a "we're just friends" girl in his life. He assured me they'd always be just friends, and I had nothing to worry about.

Fast forward a couple of months, and he's leaving me for her.

The coach listened attentively and went:

"Well, you sort of threw him into the lion's den yourself. Why would you do that?"

I never looked at it this way. Did my dream (or my telling him about it) cause everything?

We'll lever know, and it's ancient history now. My ex is still with that lady, we are on friendly terms (me and him. Not her!), I am married to my wonderful hubby and have my beautiful son, so it's all good.

Wrapping up this post, I went on Wikipedia to look for an official definition for Inspiration. Here goes:

What does inspiration mean to you?

Are you easily inspired? By what or whom? Let me know below.