23/31 - inspiration

Some days my heart is just so full to overflowing with inspiration.

Today, in my blog surfing, I ended up on the blog of Maggie Doyne. Another beautiful story of a girl who fell in love with a country and some beautiful people during her travels. But instead of coming back and forgetting it all within a week, she starts to change the world, and builds a children's home in Nepal.

I LOVE these stories. People using their gifts, their passions, their resources to help others. It's this stuff that gives me goosebumps and gets my heart racing, moreso than anything else. But I want this to be my story. I want to be that girl. The one who embraces life, and steps forward boldly, uncertain of what is to come, yet certain that she must step anyways. The one who inspires others to live their life to the fullest. The one who is absolutely and utterly content with where she is in life, even if it means that it is nothing like what "the world" thinks it should be.

Right now, I feel like my heart is just bursting at the seams, ready to go and work, and serve and love. But I don't even know where to start. And somedays I'm just overwhelmed. I don't want to lose this passion that comes from the very core of my being, and I know that it is there for a reason. I pray that God continues working within my heart and my life to birth something beautiful out of my life. I pray that he gives me guidance and wisdom, courage and patience - to know how to love, how to serve, and how to make changes in our world, step by little step.

And while on Maggie's blog, I watched this video. And I thought it was the most beautiful song that I have heard in a long time (not to mention the beautiful faces!).



I was a little girl
Alone in my little world
Who dreamed of a little home for me
I played pretend between the trees
And fed my houseguests bark and leaves
And laughed in my pretty bed of green

I had a dream
That I could fly
From the highest swing
I had a dream

Long walks in the dark
Through woods grown behind the park
I asked God who I'm supposed to be
The stars smiled down at me
God answered in silent reverie
I said a prayer and fell asleep

I had a dream
That I could fly
From the highest tree
I had a dream

Now I'm old and feeling gray
I don't know what's left to say
About this life I'm willing to leave
I lived it full, I lived it well
As many tales I live to tell
I'm ready now, I'm ready now
I'm ready now
To fly from the highest wing
I had a dream

And that video made me think of this one, which gives me goosebumps every time I watch it.



Life is beautiful. Find inspiration everywhere. Choose to embrace the beautiful today.