Inspiration

Inspiration. In the words of Miley Cyrus "everybody needs inspiration..." I watched a movie last night where the woman tells the man she's in love with that He inspires her... how romantic... how creative... how impossibly wonderful. This past year I had the privilege to go to Bible school. It was in one word inspirational. There are too many people that inspired me to name. But let's just say everyone inspired me... now I'm thinking... maybe that was because they were so filled with God's love... was it God's love that dwelled in them that inspired me. Wow... maybe. Maybe maybe maybe. When I look at the people who I grew to know and love and think about the different ways they have impacted and inspired my life, I think that I can only pray that I can inspire someone one day like they inspired me... but maybe all it takes is letting the love of God fill me. Maybe I just have to focus on him in everything I do... focus on Jesus... be filled with love... be inspired and be inspiration. Wow... God is good.

Reality...?

Sooo reality. What is it anyway. Well, I know what it is... I just don't know why I have to participate in it. Would life not be more fun if reality wasn't real? Would it not be more relaxing if we ignored reality... perhaps yes, but then we would miss our entire lives. Reality is reality so that we live IN it... not ignore it. It's harsh, but it's real, and we must engage in it.

Curiosity and Originality

Along with being imperfect, I am also quite curious. For example, the other day I looked up on Youtube "How it's made: Mirrors" And now I know how mirrors are made. A few months ago I decided that blogging would be a rather gratifying and entertaining experience, so I came up with a blog name and outline and then never blogged. Today is April 25, 2012, and I am blogging for the first time. Now... do you know what a blog is? I didn't know exactly either (see, curious) and so I decided to Wikipedia the definition:

A blog (a portmanteau of the term web log) is a personal journal published on the World Wide Web consisting of discrete entries ("posts") typically displayed in reverse chronological order so the most recent post appears first. Blogs are usually the work of a single individual, occasionally of a small group, and often are themed on a single subject. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog)

So now that we all know what a blog is... how does one go about writing one that is actually popular and not pointless or boring or useless? How do I keep a blog from being boring and how do I keep myself from acting like someone I'm not? 

Originality. As I have been thinking about this word for the past few minutes, I have grown to dislike it... y'see originality causes us all a problem... especially bloggers... what ON EARTH is there left to blog about? Nothing really I'd say... hair blogs are no longer original, fashion blogs are no longer original, family blogs are no longer original, and redhead bloggers are definitely no longer original. I am not the only creative, young red head out there longing for my thoughts to be heard... no, no, double no. 

So... is originality the point still? Maybe... maybe not... maybe the point is to be who I am and let the world decide for itself whether it will care about my thoughts or not... maybe I need to be me regardless of what others think or say... maybe being me is the most original I can be.