I’ll admit to not feeling very inspired this week but I did come across some things I thought were pretty awesome.
Motivation
My friend Lori pinned something from Pinterest to Facebook and because I didn’t realize she was on Pinterest I checked out her boards. She has one called inspiration, and I love it. Lori started working out and running a few months ago to achieve some health goals, and she recently completed her first 10K. I love that she has collected these things on her inspiration board to motivate her. We all need that sometimes.
Strength
One of the other things is something that started last week. A good friend told us about some really crappy things that have happened to her. I’ve thought about her every day since, and I didn’t really realize how much thinking I’d have to do to process what she’d told us. I’d never have known this about her and I think even more highly of her now – for living through the crap, for telling us about it (which I know was so, so hard) and for looking for help to deal with it. You never know what demons people are wrestling, and I’m always amazed by how much power there is in sharing our struggles.
Literary Ladies
I recently received my copy of Literary Ladies by Nava Atlas, which I won through a giveaway on Katie’s Bookcase. I was beyond thrilled to win this – it was like a sign that I should keep writing. And it’s such a cool book – I’ve only started to explore it, but it’s doing wonders for my perspective already. (If you want a copy, that link above is Katie’s affiliate link, so she’ll get some pennies if you click through from there. I get nothing, other than good karma, which I figure can’t hurt.)
Love
And of course, I have to say one more time how much I was inspired by this. Not the actions, but the love behind it. There should be more people in the world like my sister.
Got anything else inspiring to share? I could use something to help me get unstuck.
