Inspiration; where do you find it?

Friday – August 27, 2010

Inspiration; where do you find it?

I asked my associate pastor where he got his inspiration when he was preparing his sermons. It was a casual question and the answer was casual, but inspiring. Though the answer I will keep to myself we did have a common source.

We get inspiration from what makes us happy, from what makes us mad and from what we think should be changed. My inspiration comes daily. I work and then I write. I observe and I take action. The action I take becomes a source of inspiration to others. Just as others who take to heart their freedom their liberty and the mere fact that something is askew in our national picture.

Our national picture is a mosaic of religion, faith, national pride and the desire to be a part of something great. Some of us are perfectly content to sit idle and take care of their little piece of the world. That is fine and I respect those that do take care of their little piece of the world by obeying the law and protecting those they love. I respect those that work hard or try to improve their conditions. This is all a form of inspiration that motivates us to make a difference.

But when is time to take a stand and speak up? Yesterday, I wrote about what a political metric is. Part of the metric we are now seeing develop is enthusiasm. This is inspiration to some and a threat to others. If a threat can be inspiring then those who are threatened will find the motivation to act. My message is this: don’t get complacent and think that others will do the work that is necessary to bring the change that is required so that we can enjoy the inspiration that gave us liberty and freedom.

This week, the President was on his sixth vacation since he took office. It has been reported that the President and the First Lady dined on lobster when ever they saw it on the menu. They are in Maine and that is where lobster is served. On a private vacation to the Gulf last month, the First Lady also dined on lobster. Of course, it was flown in from Maine, because lobsters can’t be found in the Gulf waters. It’s not because the oil scared them off, they just don’t grow there.

The President was asked a question while out and about at Martha’s Vineyards this week. A reporter asked about the Gulf War and the President said, “Hey guys we’re buying shrimp.” He was inspired to not answer the question, because he was on vacation. 475,000 people lost their jobs last week. The Dow dipped below 10,000 yesterday, housing starts are at their lowest in decades and 10% of the mortgages in this country were 90 days late.

My inspiration does not come from lobster and shrimp. I can never remember a President taking 6 vacations and living solely on lobster and shrimp. If they did, they did not make it public in times of financial stress and national uncertainty.

Maybe the inspiration of this President comes from the organizing that is going on right now with the Democratic Party. Maybe the inspiration comes from the organizers that will manipulate the laws and create new voters out of thin air. Maybe he gets inspiration from just being King.

I don’t know and I can’t be sure of the source of his inspiration, but I can be sure that he can be beat. I am sure that his party can be beat. I bring up some of these dull stories from time to time to motivate some of us who are just simple folks making a simple living and living in a simple house with a simple white picket fence. This is where the President and his Party will be beat.

On Fridays, I leave you with a quote. Today I will use Jefferson, once again: ”The spirit of 1776 is not dead. It has only been slumbering. The body of the American people is substantially republican. But their virtuous feelings have been played on by some fact with more fiction; they have been dupes of artful maneuvers, and made for a moment to be willing instruments in forging chains for themselves. But times and truth dissipated the delusion, and opened their eyes.” -- Thomas Jefferson to Thomas Lomax, 1799

Gregory C. Dildilian
Founder and Executive Director
Pinecone Conservatives

A footnote: There are 67 days to get inspired. Truth be known, Jefferson’s words rang true yesterday, today and they will tomorrow!