Hello, dear one!
Have you ever wondered no matter how much you offer the needed support, your loved ones aren’t motivated to take action?
As an introvert, my son was sensitive and bullied in elementary school. I bought him books and created activities to help build his inner strength, but I failed at every attempt until I learned the law of inspired action.
The law of inspired action is a sibling to the law of attraction. While the law of attraction indicates that you attract who you are, the law of inspired action states that if you want to change your reality, you must take inspired action.
At the time, I didn’t know how to inspire him, but I was motivated to learn. And my breakthrough came when I attended a self-mastery seminar in 2013.
I heard a story that struck my core.
In the late 80s, Jeff Arch was in his 30s, running a tae-kwon-do studio and raising two young children with his wife in a small town in Virginia.
He woke up one early morning around 3 o’clock and couldn’t go back to sleep. He got up and turned on the TV in another room.
He saw a motivational speaker selling an infomercial coaching program. As he watched, something in his heart was stirred up.
He remembered how he studied theater arts in college and wanted to be a screenwriter.
He also remembered how he gave up his writings after multiple failures, which led him to settle down in this town to teach high school English and tae-kwon-do.
He had been preaching to his kids to dream big, so how could he be a fraud as a father who stopped believing in himself?
Before the infomercial ended, he purchased the program. When it arrived, he studied every day.
The teachings in the program rekindled his passion. He followed his inner calling and began writing again.
He miraculously completed a screenplay in one month. Only three months later, he pitched and sold it to Hollywood.
In 1993, the late writer and film director Nora Ephron co-wrote the screenplay with Jeff and made it into an all-time popular movie, Sleepless In Seattle.
I was inspired in tears when the presenter said, “If you want to grow others, grow yourself first. If you watch TV, your kids will watch TV. If you read, your kids will read. If you don’t want the same result, take different actions.”
I did. Immediately, I applied for a nursing master’s program. The degree was a piece of paper, but I was inspired to learn and grow myself, humbly sitting next to students half of my age.
I worked, went to school, studied, and wrote term papers while caring for all the chores at home. Without coercion, my son began reading and never stopped since.
From the basic Bible teachings to stoic leaders, ancient philosophers, and the great literature, he read and grew inside, as leaders are readers.
At the end of middle school, he became a calm, resilient, and confident leader that kids in school looked up to.
The tide has turned. Now he leaves books on my desk if he thinks they would add to my inner growth and expand my perspectives.
Looking back, if I hadn’t taken action to grow myself first by reading books and attending school, my son would have remained an intimidated student today, and I would have battled with the same worries as a mother.
I took action to change myself, and my changed behaviors inspired him to take action, without my nagging and pressuring.
When you’re inspired by something or an idea, take action immediately!
We’re in another economic crisis now. A few of my speech club members and my neighbors have lost jobs.
They can pray all day and every day for a job, but the universe will not answer them.
Until they take action of applying, interviewing, and going through the process repetitiously and persistently, they’ll remain on their knees praying.
How does the universe support you? Through your ACTION!
Ask yourself: WHOM AM I HANGING OUT WITH? If you want to be inspired, surround yourself with people who will serve, grow, and inspire you.
ACTION. ACTION. ACTION.