POWER OF INSPIRATION

The power of inspiration works like a small ripple in endless waters. Regardless of how tiny the ripple, the effects last continuously reaching far beyond its initial motion. This is how I view attitude and our thought process. Every moment, we have the ability to inspire. Its whether we chose to use it toward progression or digression.

It is taught through our Indigenous cultures that “our essence touches everyone...whether we realize it or not” I think about this everyday and from the moment I wake up, see its power in how I speak, think, and feel. My mom use to tell me “be careful with your attitude” I came to understand that my strongest convictions of thought and beliefs are emulated through my attitude and actions. It’s a powerful enlightenment when you realize that your effort to be a light, automatically shines. Whether you know it or not.

In all my travels, I aspire our youth to reach that same thought. We continually feed them the ideas of cultural integrity. But in my experiences of training, I see our young people eagerly searching for ways to achieve goodness and pride. This is what I tell them:

Don’t talk about it. Be about it. Your greatness, your pride, for yourself, your family, does not stem from what or how you say it, but what you DO to show it. This is an old teaching from our people. Inspiration, and pride derives from not what you wear, or what you look like, or what you read. Its in your actions, thought process, how you speak, eat, act, react and how you treat one another. It’s the most powerful thing you can do for your people.

When I hear a crowd of 2,000 Indigenous young people create that sense of inspiration for themselves, I begin to understand that the power to inspire is the greatest gift we all have to uplift our nations. Whether it be a smile, a friendly hello to someone in your community, or helping yourself to do better, its in these very moments we become the virtue of inspiration.

I am a product of inspiration. From what I eat, how I speak to people, how many minutes I choose to excerise, from random hellos to unkown people, to choosing to eat carrots instead of a donut. Through my travels, and in my work, I chose this for myself because I recognize that If I love myself, who I am, where I come from, and my beliefs…I will SHOW it everyday.

I appreciate your time spent reading my thoughts….

May you use your energy to inspire!!!

Look forward to seeing you soon,
LeAndra