Inspiration can come from the most unexpected places. Your feelings can sometimes play a huge role in how your creative outlet is expressed.
I’ve been just struck by the abundance flowing in the world for authors these days. I’m talking about the speed at which authors bring amazing books into the world. How those books kind of blow up and become viral. They have a real impact on others, bringing people out of dark places, and it strikes me how all these books come from one spark of inspiration.
If you want to write, you have to open yourself to those sparks. It may sound magical or like something that only happens to others, but your spark of inspiration is out there somewhere.
Start Where You are Today
My client and friend, Pirie Grossman, is the perfect example of this. Pirie’s first spark of inspiration came while she had Covid and she was experiencing some heavy, dark feelings about the state of the world. But, during this time, she did a series where she sent out these interview questions to people over 45 who had reinvented themselves.
She was met with an explosive response, receiving hundreds of replies, and she turned those into hundreds of articles. All those articles were on one topic, and this project went viral.
Despite feeling down and not her best, but Pirie leaned into her feelings and explored something. You can do the same. Wherever you are today, lean into it. What does it have to teach you? Get curious, and you may find that first spark that leads to something great.
From First Spark to a Glorious Fire
Pirie already had her first spark of inspiration, and she turned it into a successful series of articles. If you follow our teachings, you know that it isn’t difficult to create articles once you have an idea. But she didn’t rest with what she had already created. She called me and said, “I want to do something with this! Is it crazy to think I could do this in a book?”
My response was, “Of course not!” It was a great idea, and she turned those articles into a book that is now blowing up. The articles went viral, and now this book is following suit because Pirie took her yucky feelings while down with Covid and followed the inspiration.
From Covid to Bestseller – Doing is Healing
If you’re not in the best place right now, don’t numb out with TV or whatever you do when you’re not feeling the best and things are hard. Pirie could have binged on some shows and avoided the yucky feelings of recovering from Covid, but she wouldn’t have gotten that inspiration to turn those articles into a book.
Pirie was in a rough spot, but she picked up her articles and decided to read what she had created. When she started reading, she felt better. I mean she felt physically better. It healed her.
She decided to take that healing inspiration and put together a book that could help others through challenging times. She went from Covid to bestseller in just a couple months.
That’s the abundance I’m talking about!
What’s Striking for You?
Your homework this week is to lean into wherever you are, whatever you’re feeling right now. Lean into the yuck feelings. See what’s there. What does it have to teach you? What might it light up within you?
Your next bestselling book may be right there. Lean in.