Inspiration

It is amazing how people can truly inspire us. You never know where inspiration will come from in your life, but I think the key to being inspired is being open to everything and everyone, as long as you feel safe. This past week, I have found a lot of inspiration.

I went home for Thanksgiving and felt inspired by the love that surrounded me. My mom and dad, my aunt Marilyn and my Aunt Barbara and Dee, my brothers and their wife and fiancée, my cousin were all together for the holiday. It was just so great to be together in one place, sharing an amazing meal and conversation.

My next inspiration was my friends. I have been friends with them for years and they are still there for me and ready to have fun and share advice and their time. It was great to be able to spend time with them. It means so much to me when people give up their time to spend time with me. I also went out to the bars before the holiday and ran into a bunch of people from my past and they were so supportive and we had amazing conversations.

My friend Tim took the time to have coffee with me and really shared some amazing stuff with me that helped me a lot with my own life as well.

Today I met with a person who I have looked up to for a long time in my life, Derek James. He performs in New York and has such an incredible sound. His music can instantly bring you out of a bad mood and makes you feel so happy. I first saw him perform when I was in college. He came to my college and happened to perform with a band he was not a part of. His music captured my soul that day and definitely got me out of some stressful moods, while I was studying music. I used to go to his concerts when he performed on the weekends in New York and just hearing his music, would take me on a mini vacation away from the stressful college life. All I wanted to do was perform and make people smile and that is exactly what he was doing. Today, years later, I had the privilege of meeting him for lunch to discuss the music industry, lyrics, song writing and our life journeys to music. He inspired me so much and now I can’t wait to work on more music and hopefully someday get to where he is.

His music can be seen here... http://www.myspace.com/derekjamesmusic/music

I think sometimes in life, we stress too much about the negative people, the people that bring us down, instead of seeking out the positive people, who just might have the right thing to say to you at the right time. Where are you searching for your inspiration?