Where do I find the inspiration to live a better life?
Most people think inspiration leads to action. While this occasionally happens, most of the time action leads to inspiration. We never arrive at the gym on the first day woefully out of shape with a spring in our step. Yet as we see results we get more and more excited until we look forward to going and spend more and more time there. While inspiration is a wonderful thing, my first teacher constantly warned against the human tendency to only work when we are inspired. Like coaches the world over, he would say that spiritual excellence is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. What we need at least as much as inspiration is faith because it is so hard to imagine that something that seems so difficult today could become so natural and effortless tomorrow. The secret is modest initial expectations and the patience to take it one step and one day at a time. And again, as I mentioned above, surrounding yourself with a coach and the right kind of people who share your dream is incredibly hel
