Where do people get their inspiration? Everyone needs to be inspired now and again, so where do they get it. Do they look at nature, or at their family and friends? I'm sure countless people find their inspiration in the Bible, Torah, Koran, Vedas, etc. Maybe some people read poetry to become inspired. Maybe there are those who simply look inside themselves, or at their accomplisments for encouragement. But how about the artists and heros. The people who write the adages and compose the music. Where does Gandhi find his stimulation. Or even farther back. Where did Jesus look to become enthused. I'm sure people like that must have felt down or empty at some point in time. How do you inspire most of the Western World's source for inspiration?

It's such a pain in the ass too. One minute you feel completely ordinary and then you listen to Morgan Freeman in the Shawshank Redemption. Or you hear the I Have a Dream speech. And all of a sudden you feel like you can go out and move the world with any size lever you want. But you look for some way to make some difference and so you don't find one. And like any good drug, the feeling of illumination fades away and you revert to normality. But as soon as that happens, the chance comes up to make a difference. Not to end war or solve world hunger. Not to smack Greenspan or assasinate W. But to make a person smile. To do something ordinary in an extra ordinary fashion.

"When I was young my mother took me on her lap and said to me, "Elwood, In this life you must be oh-so smart or oh-so very pleasant." For years I was smart; I recommend pleasant." -Jimmy Stuart, Harvey