A Source of Inspiration
You’ll meet thousands of people over the course of your lifetime, if you are only minorly social. If you are a social butterfly like some of my friends you’ll probably meet in the tens of thousands. I wish I was more like my social friends and less of a recluse because if I was I’d probably meet more people like my friends Jeff and Bobbi’s son Keoni.
Having recently competed in the Ironman World Championship, one of the most grueling physical challenges you can attempt, Keoni was looking for his next challenge. Undecided as to what he wanted to do with his life he set out to walk 2,900 miles across the United States. You can read more about Keoni and follow him on his journey at JoinTheWalk.net. Having just completed a similar journey for the release of Average Joe’s Story I could empathize with the life experience Keoni was going to be living. So I decided to pick up 29 bracelets, one for every 100 miles, from his online store to gift to other inspirational people.
The story of Downtown Dallas’ redevelopment was equally inspirational. In the early part of the 2000’s Dallas was suffering ginormous vacancy rates, all that was missing was tumbleweeds blowing through town. That is until an aggressive redevelopment project began. Through public and private partnerships the vacant office space was converted to high-end residential. By bring the people back to the city as residents new life was breathed into the metropolis. Today Dallas isn’t just considered one of the best cities in the United States, it’s considered one of the premier cities in the world.
Inspiration’s appeal, whether it be a man’s journey or a city’s rebirth, is that it seems unattainable. Inspiration appears to be rare, and that makes it valuable. In reality inspiration is very simple to create. Basically inspiration is the result of someone following through with a challenging idea that they came up with. Creativity, adversity and follow through is all it takes to be inspirational. So what third of that equation is holding you back from being inspirational today?
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