Photo taken by my husband of me sitting at/in one of my favorite places in the world... The Ocean!
Sometimes when I write, I need a little inspiration. What I usually do is listen to music or picture the things that make me most happy.
Sitting on a beach, the waves are crashing on the shore, grabbing the sand as the ocean pulls back out and snatches the waves back into its expansive endless wet home. I take in a deep breath of salty ocean air repairing my winter filled lungs. The hot sand is under my pre-sunburned feet and the warm thick air blows through my hair. I turn my head and look lovingly over at my family, my husband lies under an umbrella hoping to keep his skin protected and lazily reads a book with his sunglasses on, my daughter is lathering herself with sunscreen just to lie back out on her towel, letting her skin soak up the rays as she puts her earbuds back into her ears and listens to her iPod, and I notice my son digging his shovel into the sand, so that he can put it in his pail to make sandcastles. I am so blessed to be at the ocean with my loves.
Now that's my inspiration!
Whenever I have trouble thinking about something, or figuring something out, what I love to do is daydream about a place I want to go or a place I have been before with the people I love the most in my life. It isn't hard for me to think about the places where I am most happy.
I'll call that my BEACH perspective. Yes, you can have a beach perspective. It can mean anything to you. When I think of the beach I think of warmth and happiness. My husband would say, burned skin and oppressive heat. That would be his beach perspective.
What inspires you? What is your perspective on that?
Everyone has their own ideas of how they brainstorm, or get inspired. You need to inspire yourself the best way you know how and then go with it. Work with that inspiration to take you to new places in your life.
Where do you want to go now?
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