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BEING INSPIRED – THE HIGHEST EXCITEMENT
Marian Baltazar
Class of 1980, University of the Philippines College of Manila
AB Political Science
Feeling thwarted by all the things that has been happening lately? Wouldn’t it be better to feel the highest
excitement of your life by being inspired? Are you baffled by all the frustrations and failures that y...ou have
encountered in life? Cheer up and try to trigger your seat of emotion so as to feel excited and be so much
inspired in what you are doing now or who you are with at the moment. Brace yourself up and feel the surge
of that overwhelming feeling of exuberance inside you!
In whatever state of mind we are in, our feelings are very important for it is pivotal to moving our emotions or
prompting our actions which even leads to invention. To feel inspired comes from within our inner soul that
sends as off to a kick start to do something in able for us to reach our goal. As a young individual borne of a
family, our parents serve as our role models who inspire us to pursue a dream and reach our ambition in life.
Almost always if not our parents, there is this someone who creates an impact in our life, stimulating and
arousing our feelings and therefore poses to be our inspiration.
The joy that our youth brought us is indescribable, just like during our teenage days up to the time that we
practice our profession and raise a family of our own. In all these stages of our life, we get so inspired that we
put all our efforts into doing something for the sake of our family. Thus, we put our heart and soul into
something in order for us to be a success and achieve the goal thatwe set before us. There is this sense of
belonging and importance because ofthe fact that we are part of that family. Hitherto, we feel a sense of
achievement whenever one of the members of our family accomplishes something. So, we can say then that
being inspired is the highest excitement that one feels per se. It drives us tobe set towards our goal, dreams
and objectives in life. We try our best to befulfilled not because we chose to but because of that inner passion
so intent that you want it and you had to!
Yes, we live and strive hard for our family for they serve to be our inspiration(who cares not to?) We become so
inspired that we could do anything just for them to be happy and satisfied. For us, our family is more to it than
satisfaction can bring. Who says we can live without them? Our world revolves around them and that we
cannot do without them, could you? Then, you might as well agree with me, for in more ways than one, it has
been proven and tested that they are the reason why we feel so excited in our life. The fact remains that they
give us this highest feeling of excitement for us to be more inspired than ever!
Questions for discussion:
1.Who or what makes you so inspired in life? Why?
2.Have you felt this intense passion of having somebody or something that inspires you?
3.Have you become a complacent person that there is nothing that really neither excites nor inspires you?
Explain your answer.
4.Is being inspired crucial in your life? Why or why not?
5.Do you easily give up whenever tribulations come your way that you do not even try to arouse your feeling to
be happy and contented in life? Justify your answer.