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\"ScannedImage\"<\/a>Inspiration, it does come from where you think and often comes to you when you least expect it. I had an acquaintance tell me that I was an inspiration the other day. I accepted it as a compliment, but I have to admit it really got me thinking.\u00a0 What makes an inspiration? Where does inspiration come from? Do I take it for granted at times?<\/p>\n

The context of the compliment I received was in discussing what I do for a living, I am a freelance crochet designer. But I haven\u2019t always been. Much of my life has been in public service; assisting caregivers and older adults in locating resources to help stay at home and meet their wishes for aging gracefully. (If you are needing assistance please contact your local Area Agency on Aging <\/a>office, they cover the entire US, and are amazing almost hidden gems<\/em>) But things changed at my local government office and circumstances changed in my life, there was no longer a match that was positive for both of us, so the little design hobby that I began a year earlier was now my full time passion.<\/p>\n

When explaining this story, probably with a little more gusto and some extra details that don\u2019t really add to the basic premise, I had inspired this acquaintance. When I asked how, they told me because I had the courage to step out of what I had already known and believed in myself. That is a powerful statement.<\/p>\n

I never really thought of my life in that manner before, believing in myself and taking a risk, it was just the option available to me at the time. But I guess in a sense they are right. In the last 2 years that I have been doing this work, it has changed how I look at things, but that is a discussion for another day.<\/p>\n

Usually when I think of inspiration it is something \u201cout there\u201d somewhere in the universe, but really we are all inspirations to each other. The simple decisions, which each of us makes, reflect to others and encourage them to find more in themselves. \u00a0Our growth is unseen to us, but noticed by others, making a difference that we cannot even recognize.\u00a0 It is kind of like kids growing over summer, they haven\u2019t realized that they grew an extra two inches in three months, the parents may not have directly noticed it either, but when they put the school close back on of the first day, or grandma comes to visit, you find the pants that are well above the ankles and that grandma is not bending down to give hugs; growth has happened.\"MP900070786\"<\/a><\/p>\n

So I guess inspiration is that point in time when you see or hear something that you really need to, in order to help point you in a new direction, and open up possibilities in your mind of where you want life to take you. Inspiration isn\u2019t a thing, it\u2019s a time. Even artistically this can apply, one day a sunset can inspire a new stitch pattern or color way for a design, other days it is just a sunset.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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