A moment exists when you know you must act. If you do not take action in that moment, whatever it is you desire or want to do simply will not come into reality or you will not do it. You won’t take action.
Inspiration hits. You must take inspired action. If you don’t, the energy of that moment simply fades. And you may never get it back.
I know this for a fact. As a writer, I’ve had many moments of inspiration. And I’ve had many moment when I did not take inspired action. Or I took half-hearted action. And those books are either not written or only written in part.
Shame on me. I know better.
There have been days when I felt inspired to exercise. I got dressed in cycling clothes, but I thought, “I’ll just check my email first.” Four hours later it was too late for me to get on my bicycle. The inspired moment had passed.
Once in a while I get a thought in my head, such as, “I should really call so-and-so and ask about speaking for their organization or writing an article for their magazine.” And I don’t do it. A month later I see that someone else is speaking on a similar topic or has written an article on a subject close to the one I would have proposed.
These are moments of inspiration. Moments when I should have taken inspired action. And I didn’t.
There are moments when you must act. Can you think of moments when you should have taken inspired action but you didn’t?
