I look for it wherever I can. Usually I find inspiration through quotes and from STRONG, BOLD, COURAGEOUS, UNIQUE WOMEN.
I'm constantly looking to women to look up to. Why? It helps me keep on, keeping on. It lets me know that even if those around me don't agree with me or aren't helping me with my goals and lifestyle, that there are other girls out there that would be my comrades.
Sometimes, to stay motivated in life, we need the strength and encouragement from others. We need to be able to look at someone who understands what we're going through...someone who gets it!
As a counselor, I know that people want to RELATE to someone else. Giving someone EMPATHY is an amazing gift to give.
So without further ado...
Ms. J.K. Rowling is the first inspirational women on my continuous list!
Now let me just say that I have never even read a Harry Potter book, nor have I seen any of the films...My sister Katey is probably cringing right now with disbelief! But while magical fantasy has never really been my thing, I've recently learned a lot more about this woman. She hasn't had the easiest life. She has been shot down in her career, left in her love life, and struggled to provide for herself and her daughter. She is a reminder that when the going gets tough...KEEP GOING!
But she had a big dream and a big idea. And she said that it was her dream that kept her going during those difficult times. This speech she gave at a graduation ceremony is what really sold me. What an eloquent speaker with such an inspirational message.
Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy to finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one area where I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter, and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
– J. K. Rowling, "The fringe benefits of failure", 2008
So maybe I will give that little book about a boy named Harry Potter a chance...Find out what that big idea was all about!
Peace xx
Tara Nicole
Ms. J.K. Rowling is the first inspirational women on my continuous list!
Now let me just say that I have never even read a Harry Potter book, nor have I seen any of the films...My sister Katey is probably cringing right now with disbelief! But while magical fantasy has never really been my thing, I've recently learned a lot more about this woman. She hasn't had the easiest life. She has been shot down in her career, left in her love life, and struggled to provide for herself and her daughter. She is a reminder that when the going gets tough...KEEP GOING!
But she had a big dream and a big idea. And she said that it was her dream that kept her going during those difficult times. This speech she gave at a graduation ceremony is what really sold me. What an eloquent speaker with such an inspirational message.
Failure meant a stripping away of the inessential. I stopped pretending to myself that I was anything other than what I was, and began to direct all my energy to finishing the only work that mattered to me. Had I really succeeded at anything else, I might never have found the determination to succeed in the one area where I truly belonged. I was set free, because my greatest fear had been realized, and I was still alive, and I still had a daughter whom I adored, and I had an old typewriter, and a big idea. And so rock bottom became a solid foundation on which I rebuilt my life.
– J. K. Rowling, "The fringe benefits of failure", 2008
So maybe I will give that little book about a boy named Harry Potter a chance...Find out what that big idea was all about!
Peace xx
Tara Nicole
Wow that was a really powerful speech. She is definitely someone to look up to.
ReplyDeleteI have all the books at home..you can give them a try at x-mas. It is the best selling book/movie series in history for a reason.