Eunoia

Inspiration. It's a beautiful feeling - to feel inspired. It may be that sudden rush of thoughts and ideas, your fingers suddenly itching to write them down to remember for later. Or that gradual feeling of warmth seeping into your system, finding beauty and amusement in small things. And with the inspiration, motivation would surely not be far behind. Feeling both inspired and motivated would surely lead to many achievements (hopefully good ones).

Living in a constant state of inspiration and motivation is what I aim to achieve. To be inspired, and to hopefully inspire other people. Knowing that I was able to give inspiration and motivate someone (again, hopefully for a good cause) gives me a sense of achievement. In this world that may bring you down, even a small act of kindness can bring comfort and peace.

You may then have certain ways of getting inspired - listening to music, going outside, talking to people. I personally seek inspiration through other people's works of art, striving to create beautiful pieces as well. Kind people also give me inspiration - the ones who are genuinely nice to other people without expecting anything in return and the ones that have gone through so much in their lives and yet they continue to smile and keep moving forward. I wish that one day. I'll be able to achieve that mindset in order to also hopefully help others.

(Adventures may also lead to inspiration in many different ways)

Just a little ramble there, sorry about that. For the past few days, I've been trying to be even more inspired and motivated to do things, yet I suppose my conditions have been compromising me from doing so. But I would like to thank the people who have come to be my sources of wonderful ideas and contentment. I wish for the day I would be able to give you the same feelings in return.

Though this post may seem like a mess of my inner thoughts, I feel as if it's appropriate for me to post this after regaining a neutral state of mind that would appear to be satisfactory. The book I would like to recommend for the day would be Anna and the French Kiss by Stephanie Perkins, a novel I've read a few years back. In some way, I find it slightly similar to Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell in a way that it's both humorous and thought-provoking, which I suppose may be appropriate for this update. A song that I would also like to bring up would be Begin Again by Purity Ring, a song that actually puts me in a good mood. Thank you for reading today's update, and I hope that wherever you are, you'd be inspired to continue on.