Inspiration is fun. Motivation? Not so much!

It's so easy to believe that inspiration and motivation are the same, we often use the two words interchangeably but do they really mean the same thing? Not in the slightest! I've come to realise that these two are worlds apart. Inspiration is felt and received while motivation is constructed and imposed.
Not so long ago I wasn't privy to the subtle distinction between the two either. A significant amount of the action I was engaged in was more motivated than inspired. I believed in doing stuff  I didn't necessarily want to do so long as they would give me what I wanted-never has an unhappy journey resulted in a happy ending but I didn't know this. I had convinced myself that there would be no gain without pain and struggle was just part of the creating process.
And so, struggle I did!
While my efforts yielded a lot of what you might call achievements, none of these measure up to what I now know could've been achieved from an inspired place. I believed in 'hard work pays' so much so that I would be worried about the outcome of my efforts when they were not accompanied by a pinch of anxiety and uneasiness. I was creating from a place of fear; fears that were so active in me that they pulled me to action (see Chapter 15 of Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill, read the entire book actually!). I've come to understand motivation as fear expressing, contrary to inspiration which is the expression of joy. Both are very strong impulses, strong due to momentum but sensed from two very different sources.

Inspiration is received from that place in your Being that knows joy, fun, ease and love. It comes from that which seeks to express this knowing in this time and space. Inspiration is a strong impulse to act that is broadcast by your Inner Being from their knowing of who you are (love & joy) and what you want (to express this through your chosen pathways). Impulses to move and act from Source feel like enthusiasm, fun and eagerness. They feel like "oh! wouldn't it be nice if I..." and while you are knee deep in this activity it feels easy; you are enjoying the unfolding of it; you are flowing with it, ideas burst into your awareness with great clarity, you are never depleted by it; you are satisfied with what is and eager for more; you are not concerned with the outcome because the process is sufficiently gratifying and most deliciously, it is fun! It is through inspiration that we do what we came to earth for; joyous and deliberate Creating/Manifesting. This is where you come into your full power as a vibrational (feeling) and physical Being.

It was on those days I spent high and resistance free that I stummbled upon inspiration. Being resistance free and tuned in to the subtle frequency of your Inner Being is the most perfect environment through which you can realise the inspiration that is flowing to you. Abraham-Hicks calls this being in the receptive mode and is underlined by sublety. It is subtle not because your Inner Being is playing hard to get, but because fear has more momentum in your vibrational environment. Simply put, because of how society is set up, most of us dear humans have practised ourselves to the frequency of fear and unease through thinking about it, feeling and creating it and then reacting to what we created by thinking about it some more and thus creating more of this that we don't want. Law of Attraction is consistent, what we focus upon through feeling thought is what we create, whether we want it or not.
There are sure-fire practices that you can apply in your life right now to let inspiration in (I say let in because it is consistently and already given):



Be less critical of yourself when you still offer fear-based action because momentum is right now too strong in this direction. You can't get this wrong as all the contrast you live helps you get more clear about what you want and how you want it; discovering your own path to alignment is so much fun and bumps along the way are totally natural; your Inner Being loves you unconditionally and is proud of ALL that you are and is NOT judging you in any way; where you are on your journey is alright because it's where You are; it's simple and you're backed by Infinite Intelligence.

With love always,
🌞🌞🌞


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