be an inspiration to someone

Just be yourself. Be the best person that you can possibly be, and someone will be inspired by the way you present yourself to the world

And it feels really good.

Someone I’m terribly fond of wrote of me – “she inspires me to be better.”

I will openly admit that I cried the first time I read it.

I inspire someone. Not just anyone either, but someone that I consider to be utterly amazing. I can’t believe it, and it makes me feel like I’m worth something.

The funny thing is that reading that has inspired ME to be better. I want to change lives, starting with my own.

..to inspire by being the best that I possibly can be.

Right now there’s nothing about me worth looking up to. I want to change that.

it didn’t feel any different

My thought in putting this as a goal is that I will live my life as though someone who needs inspiration is watching. This will make me lead my life in an inspirational way and help direct me to where I want to be in life. For example: I didn’t think I would inspire anyone when I started college, married with 3 kids. But then, I had 2 friends and my aunt go to school and all 3 told me they started or went back because I inspired them to do so. They said if I could do it, especially now, a single mom of 2, then surely they could. All 3 have since graduated, and I’m still plugging away. So, this is my philosophy. Maybe it will inspire you to think of yours. ;-)

It isn’t likely that someone will tell you that you have inspired them…I mean people inspire me in some way or another all the time and I don’t ever just stop them and say ‘you’re and inspiration to me’. So it’s unlikely anyone will ever say that to me either.

It’s not likely that I will ever actually know if I have inspired someone or not…but it’s still something I want to do…so I’ll leave it on my list for now.