INSPIRATION – SPREADING POSITIVE VIBRATIONS

By Anna Mazurek
(Age 20, Sweden)

The world is full of tragedies. But the greatest tragedy is all the unused potential. Countless are the people who have forsaken their dreams, neglected their talents, denying their own greatness. My heart bleeds seeing such a waste, since I believe that we all are in possession of something beautiful and outstanding. Every one of us. And I believe that it is our human duty, a duty towards ourselves as well as to the world, to make use of the inner resources that has been us given. Sadly, many of us never do, perhaps because of fear- fear to fail.

But fear can also be a motivator, the hand that pushes you forward. My greatest fear is to wake up one day realizing that life has passed me by without me making the best of the gifts I've been given. I've seen enough of wasted potential around me to grow an intense determination not to become another lost little bird who never left the ground, scared to spread it's wings.

Being an incurable idealist, I have just enough of realism to realize that not all goals can be reached. Still, knowing that not everything is possible, I continue believing that nothing is impossible. Foolish? Naive? No, rather practical I would say, cause if you already at the start assume that you will fail, you most surely will, proving yourself right in being wrong. I'll rather be the one who goes reaching out for the stars, in order to at least get to the mountaintops!

No great things can be achieved without struggle though, but believe me- I'm armed. Armed with optimism and good will. These are truly powerful weapons. Being able to see the sun even through the thickest clouds helps me stand even the darkest night, knowing there must be light waiting around the corner. I wouldn't leave home without a huge load of optimism in my pocket, that's for sure! And staying in the safety of the home is rather impossible to me, since curiosity is my engine. A will to learn, to understand, to discover and explore. It makes me run to see what's waiting around each corner, never miss an opportunity to travel distant places in order to enrich myself with new experiences and the knowledge that comes out of meetings with people raised in other cultures, with different traditions and beliefs; discovering what we all have in common, underneath what differs us apart.

The more goods you collect in your soul, the more you can pass on to others. And isn't that what's life is all about? Sharing the beauty of the world, sharing the beauty that's within us. No one is so poor that he has nothing to give. Material things are not the essential, real riches are not affected by interest rates, has nothing to do with stock holdings, can't be put on a bank account, and they can't be stolen away by a gun-pointing robber! Real riches are the treasures in our hearts. Just like the little prince in Antoine de Saint-Exupery's well known book put it: What's most important is invisible to the eyes!

I believe he was right, and want to make others see it to. Remind them of this eternal truth, too often forgotten in our materialistic world, where selfishness and greed has come to rule.

All members of the human race have an important task in their lives. A question to ask themselves- Who am I, and what should I do with my life? Not the easiest question there! To answer it you must look into your own soul- that's the only place to look for it. Your road is your road, and you're the one who must find a map.

So I did, and after running around in chaos, drifting in oceans of different possibilities, torn between various ambitions I caught a glimpse of my truth, found my road to self- fulfillment. When going through the inventory of my best qualities and talents, and scanning them with both reflection and intuition, the answer appeared by itself as handed from above, or from within, which really is the same since there is some kind of direct line between the human soul and the eternally omniscient spirit of the universe. The voice within encouraged me to grab my tool- a pen that is.

At once I understood the perfection of Gods well-calculated plan, when he equipped me with the exact combination of qualities that makes me. My curiosity, my thirst for knowledge, my idealistic optimism, my will to share of what I know, my search for higher truth combined with a creative vein running all the way out to my fingertips.

Finding so much astonishing inspiration wherever I look, I can't stop the words that flows around my soul, in my mind, and through my hand that puts them on to paper. If I can make just one single person inspired in a positive way by something I have written, inspire someone to make use of their own gifts for the account of humanity, I would be damned not picking up that pen!