The Inspiration

It is not often that people are truly inspired. Many times we come across things or hear about things that are of inspiring nature. However, we do not often find something that truly inspires us. We do not always witness something that really sets home and hits us like a ton of bricks. I am talking about jaw dropping inspiration that creates a change in us. How many times in your life have you been inspired and it inflicted change on your life? When you find something that is truly inspiring you will know because it will change something in your life. It may change the way you look at something, change the way you act, make you realize something that you have or have not done, in some way it will set home and be stuck in your mind and bolted in your heart. When we are truly inspired there is no shaking it, it becomes part of us.

When I was Inspired.

This whole idea of inspiration was not just brought up as some crazy idea. I had a real life incidents that caused me to think about this and ponder on this subject, and I am going to share with you what I have incurred in my own life. You see I currently attend a university in which I am a sophomore, and I am at that point in my life where I am realizing my future and school is that much more important. I am at the point where things are getting hectic and the real world is slapping me in the face. I am learning how busy and stressed out the real world can make you and it hits you all at once. I've been to those breaking points where everything just seems to suck and it seems like the world is coming down on me. I feel like there is no way I can get through things and that I just have to much weight on my shoulders. Sounds like a lot of complaining doesn't it? Well it is a lot of complaining and it is highly unnecessary, but that was me at one point and that was all of us at some point. These type of things happen to all of us, and have you ever noticed many a time when these things happen we come across something that enlightens us. Well that is what happened to me, I came across something spectacular and it was truly inspiring to me. On a day to day basis I do what almost every college student does, things like class, homework, studying, and a little bit of fun on the side. Well finally one day when I was feeling like a failure and feeling like my life sucked while doing all these normal college things, I came across two particular college students who do the exact same thing everyday, also. These two kids are unique though, they had a couple things that I simply did not have. First thing that they had was a smile on their face, the second thing that they had that I didn't...was blindness. These were two full time college students at a large university that were 100% blind in both eyes. These two amazing people could not see at all and they were still doing everything I was, and they were happy at the same time. That is when I became truly inspired and I was changed forever. Seeing those two guys go about their lives without sight and being happy as can be really hit me hard. It made me realize how selfish I really was. Here I was complaining about the littlest of things when in actuality I had it made. I have never critiqued myself so closely in my life. These two guys with their strength and courage in such a threatening environment changed me for the better and I thank them everyday. If it was not for those two I would still be a selfish person that didn't realize how lucky I was.

Conclusion.

When I started being thankful for what I had everyday, I knew that I had found true inspiration. Those two men were my true inspiration and they humbled me more than anything else in my life had. You may never know when true inspiration is going to come along. But, when it does let it grab hold and take you for the ride, because odds are you are going to come out on the other side a better person and a changed person.