Fear of Inspiration?
April 4, 2009 by Michelle Ward · View Comments
Sophie Hainsworth is a life coach, a client, and a friend. A passionate, vibrant woman who seems to be made entirely of energy & light, she recently sent me an email that I HAD to bring your attention to.
It started:
“I invite you to take part in a creative project between you and your trusted friends, to bring further awareness to the fact that inspiration is everywhere…”
She then asked for an email in return that stated the ways that you find her inspiring, and she in turn will send an email back to you saying how you inspire her. Sophie also requests that you send the e-mail to your girlfriends (aka Magnificent Marvelous Women) as sort of a chain letter.
I loved this project right away, and yet I balked at it at the same time.
Why, I would be happy to tell Sophie how I find her inspiring – there were so many reasons: her energy, her adventuresome spirit, her willingness to try new things, her focus, her sass, etc – but sending it to others?! How scary is that?! The people pleaser in me does not want to request such things to my friends/family! Wouldn’t that be putting them out? Wouldn’t that be bothering them? Wouldn’t that be fishing for a compliment?
Wouldn’t that be a wonderful thing to bring into your life? The words of people who inspire you as to why they find you inspiring?
How….inspiring! It could be the most wonderful of all chain letters – to send to your friends the way you find them inspiring and they can return the favor. I took the plunge, and now I have a long list that I can look at when I’m down and out, or feeling a bit hopeless. It reminds me of my worth, my strength, my skills & my attributes. It reminds me of the gifts that I give to myself and the gifts that I give to others. But when I forget all those things, I look here and remember.
If you want to join Sophie & I on this mini-project, you can join us at Magnificent Marvelous Women, leave a comment here, or email me & I’ll be happy to forward you the email.
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