Inspiration can come from the strangest places.  Today my inspiration was a combination of a Nissan Dealership, Sly Stone – and me!  Let me explain….

A few weeks ago I was playing my ipod in my car and went to crank up Sly & The Family Stone”s “Dance to the Music”.  I heard the lyrics “All we need is a drummer,
for people who only need a beat”….and that was about all I heard.  Apparently I am someone who needs more than a beat in order to enjoy/dance to my music.  A trip to the local Nissan dealership uncovered the fact that my radio was defective and they needed to order me a new one.  Which brings me to today.

As I sat in the Nissan dealership awaiting the installation of my new radio, I was working on a post for today’s blog.  I must say, it was rather dreary.  I have not been in the most stellar of mindsets of late and it was, frankly, a bit of a downer to read.  I finished the piece and proceeded on to the next task, as the repair personnel were graciously giving me plenty of time to do everything I had brought with me (which at the time I thought would be way too much stuff).  This next activity involved editing past pieces I had written and will be compiling into a book.  As I read piece after piece, I found my spirits lifting and was amazed.  It was not that I don’t think I am capable of writing anything inspirational or motivational, but this was me who wrote them.  You’d think I’d know what they said.  But as Einstein said, “No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it”.  Truly, when I had written those pieces I was in a vastly different level of consciousness than the present moment.

Finally my car was ready and I decided to test the radio by listening to Sly Stone again.  This time I started with “Everybody is a Star”.  When I heard the lyric “I love you for who you are, not the one you feel you need to be”, it made me stop what I was doing.  Obviously it was what I needed to hear at that moment, as I’ve heard it hundreds of times before and it didn’t strike me the same way then.  I know a woman whose husband is Sly Stone’s PR agent – a VERY full time job!  Believe me, with the stories I’ve heard, I would never think of Sly as a source of inspiration!

The one thing I did mention in my discarded post (which I assure you, you’d be grateful I didn’t post…) was that I was starting a gratitude journal, now into the new year.  I find that regardless where my mind may be, taking the time to write down 5-10 things daily for which I am grateful really helps pull me out of my funk.  I am grateful to have 3 things t o add to my list already!