Set your life on Fire

Posted by on Dec 4, 2010 in Uncategorized | No Comments
I love the concept of inspired living and am curious how to cultivate a healthy space to feel and indulge in passionate existence.  How do we inject enthusiasm to our daily living?  More than once, I have fallen folly to waiting for the inspiration bus to come along and for the most part, I am left sitting on the bus stop.  Being inspired by something or someone may seem like the source of inspiration but what if we could recognize that each of us has the ability to tap into our muse.  Not to say that this energy is always readily available but when our experiences get a little dull around the edges, how can we spice it up?

Most people I see following their blissful paths are fired up about what they are doing and are letting their energy focus in a passionate direction.  I find inspiration is an energy and in order to tune into or cultivate it, you may have to whittle out space to get to know it.  What are you passionate about?   What gets the hairs on your arms standing up, what makes you lose sleep at night and what gets you fired up?  And if you feel like you don’t know, what is it that you like doing?  All of us connect with passion in various ways, whether it is trekking down a trail, reading, listening to music, or being involved in practice that makes you feel alive.  Be willing to find parts of your life that make you feel right, and connected to the present moment.

Creating space to treat inspiration as an act of devotion to being fully present in your senses allows for creativity, joy, fun, pleasure and opening is intriguing.  What are the elements that exist in your life that are inspiring?  How can you get to know this energy and find ways to call it in when you are involved in tasks that are hardly exciting?  Could you infuse passion in bookkeeping or cleaning the bathroom?  I don’t think it is possible to force feelings but maybe our inspired time will give us a little more patience with arduous tasks.  Let your fire burn through your life.