Inspiration

Inspiration helps to get going. It is wise to welcome and embrace it when it is there. But you can’t become reliant on it. You’ve got to feed the fires of your life with oxygen, with consistent practice. Even, and perhaps especially, if this means showing up when you don’t feel like it. Eventually, you gain enough momentum to keep going without having to rely on inspiration. (Community and belonging help too—your fire receives additional oxygen from like-minded spirits around you.)

As George Leonard, the late aikido master and philosopher of human potential writes, “To practice regularly, even when you seem to be getting nowhere, might at first seem onerous. But the day eventually comes when practice becomes a treasured part of your life. You settle into it as if into your favorite easy chair. It will be there for you tomorrow. It will never go away.”

Inspiration gets you going. Consistent practice keeps you going. Self-reinforcing momentum takes you home.

Best,
Christine Fletcher - Brite Coaching