The 3 Parts of Inspiration

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Inspiration comes in many forms. 

Sometimes, it hits us over the head, other times more shrewdly. Sometimes, we find it in the shower or in waking up.

Whether we are old or young, our dreams can serve as an inspiration — and all of us are working on one each day.

We must realize all dreams are three-part acts. During these, we find bits and pieces of inspiration to serve as fuel to hopefully making these a reality. 

The Ed Sullivan Show, which began in 1946 on CBS, fueled dreams, creating powerful inspiration even though the intention of it was to simply entertain America with different acts from all parts of the globe. 

Countless artists made their debuts into living rooms across the country, with dreamy-eyed children sitting inches from the television, saying quietly to themselves, “That is what I want to do with my life.” 

Some watched Elvis Presley for their calling, some The Beatles and others popular Broadway plays. Sullivan had a genre for everyone hoping to find their inspiration. 

He got many young people off their couch, heading down a pathway toward a crucial part of the dream. Those who extend their dreams beyond the living room, beyond part one, understand finding two more inspirations is paramount.

Part two requires finding someone who can inspire you to work hard. As the great Steven Pressfield writes in his book Knowledge, “Talent is b---s--t.” Pressfield credits his agent, Marty, a fictional character in the book, for discovering this idea.

Pressfield writes Marty said: “I’ve seen a million writers with talent. It means nothing. You need guts, you need stick-to-it-ivenes to do the work.” 

As we chase our dream, we must find another person, young or old, who shows us how to work, how dreams can die because we won’t do more than the requirement. 

Part three is the hardest. Because we can visualize the dream, we tend to stop short, believing we have made it.

For some, being there was all that mattered — which we know isn’t true. Getting there is great, no doubt, but staying there is what matters most. This means we must find someone who can show us how to sustain our dream, make us better, develop our craft, improve. We need someone who can inspire us to live the continuous dream. 

The Sullivan show provided many to learn how to dream. Then, we need someone to show us how to work on our dream. And finally, someone who can show us how to live, function and sustain in our dream. 

Sullivan provided the initial inspiration, which starts the fire. We need two more people to help us keep the fire burning.

The most important part of our dreams is that they will never fade — as long as we fuel the fire of our inspiration.  

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